There can be no “if” when it comes to the kingdom agenda.
If the enemy can cover up a kingdom agenda with a social agenda, then you’ll be preoccupied with that social agenda—or any other distraction that keeps you from recognizing God’s greater purpose. And yes, these distractions are often legitimate issues—real injustices, real pain. Social injustices, racial tensions, economic disparities—these are wrong. I don’t want to belittle them. They matter. But I need you to see something deeper.
The Bible warns us that the cares of this world choke the word of God and make it of no effect. In other words, the Word doesn’t get implemented as the solution it was meant to be. My heart breaks over this. There’s a truth being hidden from us—a truth more valuable than any temporary cause we rally behind.
We cry out to save the whales, save the planet, save the ozone… everything but save your soul. And that, my friend, is the most important thing.
There’s a new heaven and a new earth coming. A new city. A New Jerusalem. Everything we’re trying to preserve in this broken world is going to be made new. But if we spend our entire lives preoccupied with temporary injustices, we’ll miss our true identity in Christ—and the responsibility that comes with it: to bring the kingdom of God to bear, and to walk in the ministry of reconciliation.
This doesn’t mean those injustices aren’t important. It means they aren’t ultimate. The Bible never places them above the kingdom of God. As urgent as they may feel, social injustices are just another manifestation of the deeper root problem: sin.
And through Christ, sin has been dealt with. Through Christ, we have victory. Through Christ, we are empowered to bring the kingdom to those still trapped in bondage.
An injustice is an injustice—whether social, racial, economic, or otherwise. But all injustice flows from sin. And Christ came to fix that. Respectfully, our goal isn’t to set a reminder but to engage in a rescue mission by bringing God’s kingdom to bear!
That’s why Scripture tells us not to know anyone according to the flesh anymore. Because if you stay locked in on the flesh—on race, status, background—then your directives, your agenda, your mission will be formed around that. It will become your god.
And if that becomes your god, the true God cannot be. You’ll bow to those causes and stay enslaved to them, always reminding others so no one forgets, and thus keeping that pain alive. But the Bible doesn’t tell us to preserve the traditions of men. In fact, it says those traditions make the word of God ineffective.
As a kingdom citizen—adopted into the family of God—I’m no longer defined by the flesh. I’m not defined by my skin color. I’m defined by my position in Christ.
John 17:22 says, “The glory you gave me, I have given to them, that they may be one as we are one.” This is my directive. This is where I stand. This is where He has called all of us who are His.
And once you take your stand there, you start to see: the struggles of this life, the injustices, the inconveniences—they are not worthy to be compared to the glory that will be revealed.
At some point, you’ll have to draw the line. Which side are you on? Whose agenda are you pushing? If we don’t decide, we’ll keep finding things to be concerned about that have nothing to do with the kingdom of God.
And as long as we’re distracted, we won’t share the message of salvation. We won’t rescue people from bondage. We won’t see that it’s all a tactic—a clever, subtle tactic—to keep us fixated on the cares of this life… and away from the cares of the kingdom.