“Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you,” Jesus told the 
Pharisees in Luke 17:21
Some Bibles translate this to “among you,” or “within you,” or “within your grasp.”
The Pharisees asked when God’s Kingdom would come, not knowing that it had already arrived. Unlike any earthly kingdom, the Kingdom of God has no geographical boundaries. Instead, it begins with the work of God’s Spirit in people’s lives and in relationships. We must resist looking to institutions or programs for evidence of progress of God’s Kingdom. Instead, we should look for what God is doing in people’s hearts.
The kingdom of God is in everyone one of us who listen and learn what Jesus is teaching here. It is because of Jesus Christ that we now have the use of the gift of the Holy Spirit, sent to us at Pentecost. Acts 2 beautifully describes how the Holy Spirit came as promised.
It is possible to soften our hardened hearts by inviting Jesus Christ into our hearts, minds and voices. This take humility and in some cases contrition for the times we have hardened our hearts, holding grudges and judgments against ourselves and others, and other sinful choices we make. We can shut the door to the Kingdom of God through our own stubborn selves, or we can open the door wide to the Kingdom of God.
Whether or not we open our minds and hearts to the Kingdom of God is on us, no one else. We cannot blame others for our own plight we find ourselves. That would be immaturity, human immaturity and spiritual immaturity.
Acknowledging our own errors, (yes we sin), and atoning for our mistakes takes courage to admit when we are wrong. We are human. We all fall many times each day. It is pride that stops us from admitting this to ourselves. Pride is the sin of Satan, so that ought to be the first thing we correct in ourselves.
Let us realign ourselves, and commit, or recommit ourselves to beginning again to grow in faith, hope, and love. The greatest of these is LOVE. God is LOVE, as 1 John 4:7, 8 tells us, “Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.”
The answer to everything in life is God, is LOVE. Let us realign ourselves to LOVE.
God Bless Everyone Everywhere
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