What Kingdom Are You Living For? | The Life of Daniel | March 29, 2026

Your entire life is wrapped around your job. If you looked at how where you put your time, where you put your money, where you put your efforts, where you put everything you have, your giftings, all of those things are used primarily for the building of your career. But I would say that that climbing the ladder is meaningless unless it's leaning against the right throne. [00:51:53] (26 seconds)  #CareerVsCalling

For others, it's it's a comfort kingdom where you're looking to do everything you can to be comfortable or an approval kingdom where you're constantly thinking about your image before people, and you're building a kingdom on earth. And I wanna give us a diagnostic. Just wanna say this statement and let it lead us into an understanding and an application. Your allegiance to a kingdom is revealed by what you trust and what you fear. Here's what I mean by that. You show me what you worry about or what you chase or what you can't live without, and I will show you your king. [00:53:05] (36 seconds)  #WhereYourTrustIs

Jesus says, my kingdom is an upside down kingdom instituted not by asserting power, but by giving my life. So as we look at this reality of exiles in a current time, the modern day, here's what I would ask you as followers of Jesus who are trying to be faithful for him now. Do you see what Jesus is teaching in this moment? Just like we saw in Daniel one, Jesus is trying to help his followers see that this momentary place and time, the here and now, is not our kingdom. [00:49:39] (38 seconds)  #UpsideDownKingdom

For some, you're you're chasing a political kingdom, And, your political party is the place that you run for protection and security and for, you run to them for an explanation to define what's true and good. And, I think that Christians should be very active in politics, should have views that are shaped by scripture in those spaces. But I do wanna tell you, I love you enough to say that the reality is is if your if your future hope rises and falls on an election, you're probably building a kingdom here. [00:51:15] (34 seconds)  #FaithAbovePolitics

You say if I if I can just save enough money, then my family and I will be safe and we'll have enough. And the reality is is you know this the cycle of money, it's never enough. Right? There's always more to gain and more to get. Even the people that have millions of dollars and billions of dollars, they're constantly seeking more. And I would just ask you, if you're seeking what will ultimately go away, what are you building? You're building an earthly kingdom. [00:52:24] (24 seconds)  #MoneyIsNotEnough

If you are as an exile in our current day, if if you are feeling weary in the world right now, if you are trying to follow Jesus and you're like, man, it's harder and harder every single day in the culture that we're in and the place that we're in to follow Jesus and to stay faithful to him because at every turn, it tries to shipwreck my faith. If you're in that place, the reality is is the hope of Daniel seven is we won't be in exile forever. [00:40:29] (23 seconds)  #ExileIsTemporary

Maybe that's the worry is the current chaotic state of the world and governments and all the uncertainty swirling around those things. I want you to hear me. The kingdoms of this world run on fear. The the beasts of this world, they they actually wanna keep you anxious. And so this is not a rhetorical question. I want you to think right now what keeps you up at night. What is it that strikes fear in your heart? And as you identify that, I want you to hear me say very clearly, that is an earthly kingdom. [00:54:13] (38 seconds)  #KingdomsFeedFear

Throughout scripture, if we read the New Testament with honesty, Jesus is constantly calling our hearts back to his kingdom away from the worldly kingdoms. He says, what good is it to to gain the whole world and lose your soul? He says, you can't serve two masters. You can't serve money and me. And you can fill in the blank for that word money. You can't serve any idol and me. And the the purifying challenge for God's people over and over and over, almost it should be every Sunday, is to throw down the kingdoms of this world and to pick up again his upside down kingdom. [00:57:34] (43 seconds)  #OneAllegiance