Seek First God's Kingdom

You Know That God Will Provide The Rest Of The Stuff

Matthew 6:33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need.

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There is no shortage of things to worry about in this world but for those of us that are Christ followers there is a major concern that we need to be interested in. It isn't the typical worry of the average citizen of our planet, it's not about the clothes that we "need" to have or the restaurant that we need to be seen at, it is a far greater concern that is supposed to be on the mind of the Christ follower.

The concern that should occupy our minds should be for the kingdom, Jesus told us that the most important thing in life is to seek first:

1. The kingdom of God- I need to seek to be in the kingdom and then I need to tell others how they can be in it as well.
2. To be righteous- To become interested in His approval, to live according to God's will

We ought to sacrifice everything else, making the other stuff that this world is concerned with of no importance so that we can work for the advancement of the kingdom, which is of greater value than all the world’s riches. God said that he would supplying every other need that we have. (Philippians 4:19)

We were transferred into a different kingdom when we were saved, I need to be concerned with the kingdom of God and allow him to rule over my life, the ruler of the kingdom of darkness should have no say over the way that I live and I should not allow him to weigh me down. (Colossians 1:13, Hebrews 12:1)

Lord Jesus, help me to be concerned with the things that concern you and to let the rest of the stuff become insignificant.

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