So let's bring it home and say, well, what is a kingdom? A kingdom has a king that reigns over it.
It's a dominion that has a king that reigns over it. So what is the kingdom of God?
It is the place that God reigns. See, interestingly enough, Jesus talked probably more about the
kingdom than almost anything else. 147 times he brings it up in the New Testament.
Pretty important stuff. And of course, they understood a kingdom and they were looking
forward to a messianic kingdom. They were looking forward to get rid of the Roman rule that was
oppressing them and holding them down. They were looking for Jesus to come in there, set up camp,
get rid of the bad guys, put in the good guys, let's rock this kingdom.
And Jesus went on to say something that I wish I could have been a fly on the wall
when he said it. Completely shocking. It doesn't get talked about. Perhaps it's been obscured.
He said, the kingdom is within you. The kingdom of God is within you.
Let's put everything that we just said together. The kingdom is a place where a king rules. The
kingdom of God is a place where God rules. And that place is within you. Put those two together
about what it means to prosper in all things as your soul prospers. See, we've got a mind,
will, and emotions that can get in the way that can mess up living in the kingdom and walking
in the ways of the kingdom. You'll often hear me with sayings that God has given me. One of them
that you'll hear probably throughout is there's no lack in the kingdom.