Luke Bowers

These days it seems that most people are looking for the easy answer or the one thing that could fix all their problems.  They are looking for that one pill or supplement that will take care of health issues. They are looking for the latest fitness routine that will get them in tip-top shape.  They are looking for that one investment or career that will bring financial comfort and freedom.  They are looking for that job or relationship that will bring lasting joy and satisfaction.

The great news is that during the Christmas season and all throughout the year, for those of us who are children of God, we can rest assured that God will accomplish His will in and through us and meet our every need.

As you read through the Matthew and Luke accounts of Jesus coming to earth, I want to remind you of a few key phrases that can have a profound present and future impact on our lives:

“…and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

Matthew 1:21

“…and they shall call His name “Immanuel”, which translated means, “God with us.”

Matthew 1:23

“…and He will reign over the house of Jacob, and His Kingdom will have no end.”

Luke 1:33

As we celebrate this Christmas season, it should give us great peace and confidence in the fact that the Kingdom of God is a current reality and a future certainty.  It is the salvation that comes from Christ, His presence and reign in our lives, and the promise that His kingdom will never end, that must be at the heart of our lives and the education of young people.  These are the truths that motivate us at Kingdom Education Ministries to continue to encourage and train up the home, church, and school.

In Matthew 6:10, Jesus instructed his disciples in how they were to pray. He said this:

Pray, then, in this way: Our Father, who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done…”

Because Jesus humbled Himself and came to earth 2,000 years ago, we know that God’s Kingdom is here, His Kingdom will never end, and He will accomplish His will in our lives.

 “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!”

A Peculiar People

It was a weekend that I will never forget.  It was in the midst of the COVID pandemic, August of 2020, that Dr. Glen Schultz invited myself and Tim Euler to his home for the weekend. The purpose of this weekend was to pray and talk through what God was leading us to do in the years to come.  As most smart people would do, we came with an agenda so that we would stay on point and could check off the boxes as we completed each item on the agenda.  However, it wasn’t long into our time together that we scraped the agenda and truly sought the Lord for what He would have us do to advance His Kingdom.

It was during that weekend that we really sensed the Lord leading us to focus on the following needs:

 Restoring the Individual

Restoring the individual by establishing an understanding of kingdom education and deepening one’s knowledge of God.

Empowering Parents

Empowering parents to fulfill their God-given mandate of providing their children with a biblical worldview education, resulting in them becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.

Engaging Churches

Engaging church leaders to address the issue of education biblically and equip parents to fulfill their God-given mandate to educate children biblically.

Transforming Schools

Transforming Christian schools by challenging educators and leaders to know, understand, and embrace Kingdom Education™.

As we fast forward to today, we are confident, now more than ever, that God will use the message of Kingdom Education to strengthen these four areas.  As I continue to pray through what God wants for the individual, home, church, and school, I am convinced that the thread that runs through all of these, is you and I.

In I Peter 2:9, Peter reminds us of who we are in Christ; “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people (a people for His own possession); that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” 

 James K. A. Smith piggybacks on this verse when he says, “…the primary goal of Christian education is the formation of a peculiar people— a people who desire the Kingdom of God and thus undertake their vocations as an expression of that desire.”

 I believe that as God calls people to Himself, restoring individuals to a right relationship with Him, He will use His own possessions to advance His Kingdom.  I believe these individuals will become peculiar parents who train up disciples for Christ.  I believe these individuals will become engaged in their local churches and equipped to make disciples of Jesus Christ.  I believe these individuals will be used by God to transform Christian schools across the globe; helping train up a generation of peculiar people who will impact the culture and world for Christ.

May this start today, as we live as peculiar people for Christ!