Kingdom Consciousness Gertrude Keasley

“But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness,
and all these things will be added to you." We have read that scripture over and over, however, the Kingdom distinction makes all the difference. Of course, when we seek the Kingdom, we are seeking God, but it is more specific than that– we are seeking His will on the earth. It is not about us as individuals—it is about the whole world. A Kingdom mindset is a way of seeing the world through the eyes of God and living your life in accordance with His will. It is about putting God first and seeking His glory in all that you say and do.

Imagine the power to transform atmospheres and environments from a state of chaos to a divine oasis of peace and harmony wherever you go. Well, this is
the power of God or kingdom consciousness that has been given to all those who believe in him, whether they are aware of this divine gift or not.

God’s kingdom cannot be forced upon anyone, because it is empowered and energized by love. It is futile to try to force or legislate Christian morality if hearts and minds are not open to this morality. You cannot force love - it comes in its own time, after it has been invited. The best thing we can do is grow these spiritual qualities (faith, hope, and love)
like seeds through the light and warmth of spiritual practice and personal worship. As we do so, we will see the harvest.

Your focus is often determined by your need.  Focus in our
lives makes just as much difference as well. If we are busy focusing on external frivolities or personal ambitions rather than on the kingdom of God itself, we will wind up missing not only God’s kingdom but all of the other things we had hoped to attain in life too. Therefore, our focus must always be on His kingdom.

Man was created to have fellowship with God - to stay in communication with Him – to worship Him – to obey Him, etc.  So, how can we do those things if we lose our focus?  Our attention span has almost dwindled down to nothing.  Our minds are constantly jumping from one thing to another.  There is a lack of mental acuity. 

It's a challenge in the world that we live in today because there's so much coming at us: phones ringing and dings for email and dings for text messages, and just so much stuff coming at us, that it's getting more and more challenging to keep our minds on anything for any length of time.We need to really begin to pray and ask God to give us the ability to focus. We're missing things that God's doing, we're missing things that God wants us to do because we just don't focus on what we should be focusing on.I believe one of the things that brings us into a closer, more intimate relationship with God, is if we pay attention to what he's doing in our lives and make a bigger deal out of it than what we are doing now.