Well, in order to live this kingdom, there's two very important questions that have to
be addressed.
It's the basic life questions that many of us have to deal with.
Who am I?
And second, that goes right next to it, why am I here?
What is my purpose to be on this planet here and now?
Who am I and why am I here?
These are our identity.
Who am I as our identity?
There's a couple things that will be attempted to be taken from you if you're not aware and
one of them is your identity.
We lose sight of that.
We get it confused.
We think who I am is what I do.
Who are you?
I'm a realtor.
Who are you?
I'm a mother.
Who are you?
I'm a wife.
Who are you?
I'm a teacher.
Who are you?
I'm a coach.
No.
Those are roles that you play.
They're not who you are.
So if the kingdom of God is within, we must begin to discover who am I and what is my
purpose?
What am I here for?
Well, what begins to happen, because we're prospering as our soul prospers, what begins
to happen is that these things can get lost.
We hurry and we scurry.
Any of you understand about hurrying and scurrying and we're busy and we've got to get ready.
We've got to grab something to eat as we jump in the car, as we've got to get to work, as
we've got to go to work, as we've got to get home, as we've got to pick up the kids, as
we've got to get something on the dinner table, as we've got to get to the meeting, as we've
got to get everything put away in order to get up in the morning and maybe we can catch
the news to do it all over again tomorrow morning.
Anybody relate?
Well, in that kind of frenzy, those deep questions, who am I and what's my purpose, can kind of
get overshadowed.
And fear, doubt, worry, anxiety, can not only overshadow that we aren't thinking about that,
but it can go so much further that it begins to lead to health challenges, mental anxiety,
emotional pain, sickness, disease that comes from not addressing this.
There's a beautiful verse, Matthew, that says, don't worry.
Don't fret.
Some of the translations say, don't fret.
Don't be uneasy, perpetually uneasy, perpetually distracted.
Can any of you relate?
Perpetually distracted.
Don't worry about, what are we going to eat?
Oh my goodness, where's the money going to come from?
How are we going to pay for this?
How are we ever going to do this?
What we're going to wear?
Your heavenly father, the king of the kingdom, already knows that you need these things.
It's not your job.
Your job is your focus.
Take first the kingdom of God and all of these things, all of these things, all, did I say
all?
All of these things will be added.