For the last six weeks we’ve been talking about two competing ways of life: the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Man. We’re going to wrap things up here on this topic for the time being, so I thought it would be good to recap things – a kind of cheat sheet if you will – that you can refer back to. It’s like an instrument check.

I think it’ll be helpful to sum things up as four battles.Battle One: Things vs. People

In the Kingdom of Men, things are the most important.
In the Kingdom of God, relationships are the most important.
The Kingdom of God flips the purpose of our existence from gaining things towards gaining relationships.

Battle Two: Invulnerable vs. Vulnerable

In the Kingdom of Men, vulnerability is weakness.
In the Kingdom of God, vulnerability is strength.
The Kingdom of God flips the purpose of our vulnerability from something to hide from people towards the way to connect with people..

Battle Three: Accumulate vs. Give

In the Kingdom of Men, we get in order to accumulate.
In the Kingdom of God, we get in order to give.
The Kingdom of God flips the purpose of our finances from accumulating stuff towards giving it away.

Battle Four: Rule vs. Serve

In the Kingdom of Men, we find meaning and purpose by ruling.
In the Kingdom of God, we find meaning and purpose by serving.
The Kingdom of God flips the purpose of our careers from a way to gain position over people towards helping and serving people.

These are the basic building blocks of life in the Kingdom of God. You can build a life on this foundation that is unlike most everyone else around you. The best part is there’s a carefreeness about living this way.1

Just be warned: if you start to live with this kind of orientation, you’re going to look upside down to everyone else. They might try to take advantage of you. They can try, I guess, but you’ll actually be right side up. And when you pull up on the control stick of your life, you’ll be heading towards the clear, blue skies of the heavens, towards true meaning, purpose, significance, and satisfaction.2

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  1. What if you didn’t have to worry about accumulating, protecting or posturing? Sounds pretty great to me! ↩
  2. Was that too much? It felt like too much. But it’s true. Maybe it needs some swelling cinematic music? ↩