Seek ye FIRST

by Matt Brown

Director of RISEabove

Matthew 6:33 (KJV)

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

✘ Seek is defined as "to attempt or desire to obtain or achieve; to go after; to search after." First is defined as "the one coming, occurring, or ranking before or above all others; most important." This verse popped up over and over at Christ Temple's Judgement House last night. In this verse, God is telling us to go after, to search after His kingdom and His righteousness. And not only to go after His kingdom, but to go after it FIRST.... not second, not third, not only in tough times, not only in despair, not only in times of need, but FIRST.... first and foremost, not "only when me and mines need help." To me, the word seek implies action. We must make a decision to put Him first in our lives. It's more than just talk. It's action. It's a decision, a daily decision to die to our flesh & to feed our Spirit with living waters. This verse ends by saying "and all of these things shall be added unto you." These things..... Our food, our drink, our clothes, etc.... If we SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM & HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, HE will provide our needs. We are reminded that the birds of the air and the lilies of the field are taken care of by God & that He will supply our needs as well, and after all, he loves us more than them. The more dominion we give God in our lives, the more we put our trust & faith in Him, and when we SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, we shall have no anxiety for tomorrow. Anxiety is defined as "a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome." When Jesus is our one and only master, worry and uneasiness can be let go, for we know that "all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." - Romans 8:28 (KJV)