I found this in George Barna’s book Revolution:

What are the priorities that reflect our absolute sellout to the Kingdom of God?

Obedience to God - Anyone who obeys God’s laws and teaches them will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 5:19)

Love – But I say, love your enemies!…If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? (Matthew 5:44,46)

Justice- God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied (Matthew 5:6)

Peace – God blesses those who work for peace (Matthew 5:9)

Holy Living – Let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father (Matthew 5:16)

Integrity – Just a simple, “Yes, I will”, or “No, I won’t” (Matthew 5:37)

Generosity – When you give to someone in need,…give your gifts in private, and your Father, who sees everything, will reward you (Matthew 6:2,4)

Spiritual Connection – You must worship the Lord your God and serve only Him (Matthew 4:10)

Spiritual Wholeness - Is anything worth more than your soul? (Matthew 16:26)

Biblical literacy – Haven’t you read the Scriptures?…Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures (Matthew 19:4, 22:29)

Faith in God – Because of your faith, it will happen…You don’t have enough faith…If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed,…nothing would be impossible…But with God, everything is possible (Matthew 9:29, 17:20, 19:26)

Blessing People – Jesus not only regularly taught this, but His constant healing of, training, and praying for others demonstrated how to bless them

Disciple Making – Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations (Matthew 28:19)

While these are some good thoughts, what didn’t make it on the list was actually DEMONSTRATING the Kingdom of God!  How did Jesus demonstrate the Kingdom of God to them?  Look at Matthew 4:23:

And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

Jesus didn’t just preach about the Kingdom of God.  He actually demonstrated it!  He gave us an example for how we were supposed to do it. 

One of the most gripping passages of Scripture about demonstrating the Kingdom was when Jesus told the Pharisees and chief priests in Matthew 21:43 that “the Kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof”.

Let it be our prayer today that we bear fruit of the Kingdom of God both in our life and in the lives of others.

Servant of a wicked cool God,

Matt Legere