KyKingdomKum

Today, I had one of those moments. A memory surfaced— something from my past… something I’ve done… …and I cringed. Not lightly. Not casually. It hit me. The kind of memory that tries to come with a feeling— shame . The kind that whispers: “You really did that.” “Look at who you were.” “You don’t deserve another chance.” It came to pull me back. But It Didn’t Work Before I could sit in it… before I could agree with it… something rose up in me: 📖 Book of Ezekiel 36:31 “Then shall ye remember your own evil ways… and shall loathe yourselves…” That word stopped me: “Then…” Which means— this isn’t where the story starts. So I went back. Looking Back, I Didn’t Just See Me I saw Him. 📖 Ezekiel 36:21 “But I had pity for mine holy name…” A people who profaned His name. A people who failed. But God didn’t begin with their failure. He began with His name . And Then He Declared What He Would Do 📖 Ezekiel 36:25–30 I will cleanse you I will give you a new heart I will put My Spirit within you...

There’s a thought that continues to surface the more we grow in God: He is not becoming more complex. He is becoming more clear. What once felt layered, distant, and difficult to grasp begins to simplify. Not because we’ve lowered the standard— but because we’re beginning to see Him as He is. From the beginning, God’s approach has been consistent. In Genesis , He creates the heavens and the earth, fills it with life, and then gives it to man: Take care of this. Have dominion. There was no striving to earn it. No system to unlock it. It was given. Then comes Jesus. And with everything humanity had built—tradition, law layered with interpretation, conditions stacked on conditions—He says something that almost sounds too simple: “Believe.” Not perform. Not prove. Not qualify. Believe. And somewhere along the way, we’ve felt the need to add to it. “If…” “And…” “But…” As if simplicity couldn’t possibly carry something so significant. But what if that simplicity i...

There are moments when a truth doesn’t just sound good—it settles you. Lately, it’s been this: “You know me.” Not as a question. Not as a fear. But as a realization. We read in Deuteronomy 32:9: “For the LORD’s portion is His people; Jacob is the lot of His inheritance.” And if we’re honest, that’s hard to fully take in. We’re used to reaching for God as our inheritance. But here, God flips it: We are His. His portion. His inheritance. Known… and still chosen When David responds to God in 2 Samuel 7, after being promised an everlasting kingdom and a Father-son relationship, he says in awe: “You know Your servant.” And what’s striking is this: This is before Bathsheba. Before Uriah. Before plotting Uriah’s murder and having him killed. David isn’t speaking from a place of recovery— he’s speaking from revelation. “You know me… not just who I am, but who I will be—what I will do… and You still said that. You still promised. You still committed to being my Father and establishing my king...

There are moments in Scripture that don’t just inform us—they expose something. Not about us first… but about God. One of those moments is when David is sitting before the LORD in 2 Samuel 7. God had just spoken to him. Not correction. Not reduction. Not a reminder of his past. A promise. An everlasting kingdom. A Father-son relationship. A future that stretches far beyond David’s present reality. And what makes it even more striking is this: David had already been told he would not build the house of God because he had shed much blood (1 Chronicles 28:3). That’s real. That’s on the table. And yet… so is the promise. 🙇🏽‍♂️ “Is this Your way with man?” David’s response is not strategy. It’s not planning. It’s not “what do I do next?” He goes in. He sits. And he says: “Is this Your way with man, O Lord God?” In other words: “Is this how You deal with people?” Because what he just heard doesn’t match what we would expect. We would expect limitation. Measured response. Careful distance....

“Seek first the Kingdom of God…” We’ve heard it. Quoted it. Even built disciplines around it. But what if Jesus wasn’t talking about priority of effort … What if He was talking about clarity of sight ? 👁️ Seeking Is Seeing To “seek” the Kingdom is not to chase something distant. It is to recognize what is present . “The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” Not coming. Not eventually. At hand. Within reach. Available to be perceived. So when Jesus says “seek first,” He’s saying: “Learn to see from this reality first.” Because once you do… everything changes. 🧠 Recognition Changes Everything We don’t live from what we don’t see. And we don’t rest in what we’re not convinced of. But when the Kingdom becomes clear— when the will, mind, and intention of God come into focus— Something happens within us: Striving gives way to rest Confusion gives way to clarity Fear gives way to peace Not because we tried harder… But because we see differently . 👑 Jesus Was Locked In Jesus didn’t move uncertainl...