Monomaniacal for the Kingdom: Living Obsessed with God’s Mission
Building the Kingdom with Unshakeable Focus
This Sunday at Myrtle House Community Church, we continued our Growing Together series by exploring the fourth theme: Mission. Bill Chapman challenged us with a bold and stirring idea — that mission leads to Kingdom building, and that true Kingdom people live with a holy obsession for the things of God. Using the idea of being “monomaniacal,” Bill described a life so focused on God’s mission that it naturally overflows into every area of who we are and how we live.
To be missional, we must first be clear about what we believe. A life devoted to God cannot be passive or accidental. It requires intention, clarity, and conviction. Jesus spoke about the Kingdom being pursued with determination — not violence that destroys, but a passionate, unwavering resolve to lay hold of something precious. Kingdom people are driven, unashamed, and wholehearted in their pursuit of God and His purposes.
Bill shared three defining markers of people who live with this kind of Kingdom focus. First, they care more about God’s Kingdom than their own lives. This kind of faith pushes out fear and replaces it with courage, allowing us to live in ways that impact our families, friendships, and communities with the reality of God’s power and love. When the Kingdom becomes our priority, we begin to carry its influence wherever we go.
Second, Kingdom-focused people are radically generous. They give freely of their time, talents, and treasure because they understand that everything they have has been received from God. Jesus called His followers not just to believe, but to go — to pray, serve, give, forgive, and make disciples. A missional life is never self-contained; it always pours outward.
Third, those who live on mission stay connected to the poor and the overlooked, just as Jesus did. True love for God is reflected in obedience and action. When we walk as Jesus walked, we cannot ignore the needs around us. Mission draws us toward compassion, toward service, and toward sharing the love of God in tangible ways.
This message was a powerful reminder that mission is not an optional extra for the Christian life — it is central to it. We are called to live with a focused passion for God’s Kingdom, allowing His priorities to shape our decisions, our generosity, and our relationships. As we continue growing together, may we become people who are wholeheartedly devoted to seeing God’s Kingdom come — in our lives, our church, and our world.