His Kingdom Come; Acts 1:6-8

Robin Hood was my favorite. As a kid, it was just bows and arrows, good guys and bad guys; I didn't understand the setting or conflict that gave birth to the story. Good King Richard is off fighting, and miserable Prince John is in charge. Robin and his band of Merry Men remained loyal to the king, even though he was absent. They held to the true king's standards and fought to maintain his kingdom. Jesus taught us to pray, "Your kingdom come," but I wonder if we shouldn't hear it more as a rallying cry than a prayer. "Your kingdom come," tells us all is not right in this world and calls us to loyalty to Jesus and to live in such a way as to bring His reign, along with his love, to all those we encounter.