**What Shall I Do?**

C Mc

What shall I do for my Lord
that's daring,
To hasten His glorious kingdom
that's nearing?
Shall I sit at ease
While the signs are glaring And trumpet sounds of the
end are blaring;
While men for war and pleasure
are gearing
And others no god nor man are

I shall step out and shout the name of the Lord,
And proclaim the truth of His precious Word.
I shall evangelize with soul and heart,
And pray that my work a revival
may start.

                                                       —ARTHUR A. WARD

GaoLu

I love the poem. Thanks for sharing that.

Yet I have a question: Do we really "hasten His glorious kingdom?"

I know that is a loaded question but look forward to biblically based thoughts.

C Mc

@GaoLu said:
I love the poem. Thanks for sharing that.

Yet I have a question: Do we really "hasten His glorious kingdom?"

I know that is a loaded question but look forward to biblically based thoughts.

It depends on if you accept how the Bible defines "Kingdom?"
Is not Jesus is waiting for us to establish right relations with Him and tell others to be ready to receive him? That is, the Great Commission of Matt 28:18-20. Also, consider Matt 24:14. CM

C Mc

Think It Over

"Did" is a word of achievement,
"Won't" is a word of retreat.
"Might" is a word of bereavement,
"Can't" is a word of defeat.
"Ought" is a word of duty,
"Try" * is a word for each hour.
*"Will" is a word of beauty,
"Can" is a word of power.

GaoLu

@C_M_ said:

It depends on if you accept how the Bible defines "Kingdom?"
Is not Jesus is waiting for us to establish right relations with Him and tell others to be ready to receive him? That is, the Great Commission of Matthews 28:18-20. Also, consider Matt 24:14. CM

Yes. Good thoughts.

Dave_L

I believe Jesus established the Kingdom at Pentecost. But because of its spiritual nature, and the fact that one must be born again to see it, many look aimlessly for the physical kingdom the symbols used by the prophets only foreshadowed.

This is why many crave and support WWIII in the Middle East. Thinking it will speed the arrival of the kingdom that has already been here since Pentecost AD 33.