Many people are out of alignment with the government of God's Kingdom.  And that goes for those of us who say we are Kingdom citizens.  Why?  Could it be that instead of pursuing God's priorities we pursue Things?  The things we want most in life, e.g., peace, joy, etc., always seem to elude our grasp no matter how hard we try.  We seem to focus more on possessions than on position.  There seems to be a great disconnect between priorities of the Kingdom and the personal realities of daily experience.  We must be delivered from  our slavery to things and that can only be found in one place:  the pursuit of the Kingdom and righteousness of God.