The Kingdom of God is within you.
In meditating on these two verses I find myself asking, why? Why do we seek externally that which is within us?
In some versions it says "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed" but yet we toil and grope for those signs which are externally tangible. What effort does it take to turn within? I'm finding, it takes much more to pursue those feelings and experiences we desire with the Lord, in the lateral fashion of going out into the world to find that one place to serve, to read or to be known. Rather than turning within where we are and seeking to know and be know by the Lord.
Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.” Luke 17:20-21 NKJ
In some versions it says "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed" but yet we toil and grope for those signs which are externally tangible. What effort does it take to turn within? I'm finding, it takes much more to pursue those feelings and experiences we desire with the Lord, in the lateral fashion of going out into the world to find that one place to serve, to read or to be known. Rather than turning within where we are and seeking to know and be know by the Lord.