Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. (Matthew 6:33).
Fear is a liar! I think we fail so many times in our journeys
due to fear. Fear is a method that the enemy moulded to perfection to create a
gap in your relationship with God. From the very beginning in the garden of
Eden God created us to live in a relationship with Him. If that relationship is
not sound your world will fall apart despite what you think. I fail at this miserably
on a weekly basis. When the storms around us blinds us and we move away from God,
and we try to fix it on our own we fail. I am guilty of that in so many ways so
I can speak from experience. The minute I quiet down, and I listen, and I just
give it all back to our Father, you see an immediate change.
Jesus made a huge promise here and personally I love this
verse, but do I get it right? Now there is a question. Jesus said seek the kingdom
of God above all else, now what is that?
Before we can answer how to seek first the kingdom of God,
we must understand what the kingdom of God is. The kingdom was so important to
Jesus that He mentions it 126 times in the gospels. Jesus clearly wanted to get
our attention and focus our gaze on the kingdom.
However, the kingdom is not a palace like the Windsor
Castle, floating around in the heavenly realm. The kingdom of God, in the
Bible, is simply God’s redemptive rule and reign. The word kingdom points
directly to God’s kingship, or His rule, action, and sovereign governance over
all created things.
Jesus is the kingdom personified. So, we must seek Him in
all we do. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. If your
focus and your journey is all with and by Jesus, then you are placing Him above
all else.
“Seek first God’s kingdom.” In other words, when you think
about your life or your food or your clothes or your spouse or your job or your
mission, don’t fret about them. Instead, make God the king in that affair and
in that moment, and hand over the situation to his kingly power and do his
righteous will with the confidence that he will work for you and meet all your
needs.
To seek the kingship of God first in every affair and every
moment of life is a thrilling way to live. It’s full of freedom and peace and
joy and adventure — and hardship, and it’s worth it all. If you believe in the
kingship of your heavenly Father, you do not need to be anxious about anything.
I love you my friend in Jesus.
Have an awesome day.
Cheers
