Seek first.
First, not second, not third, not last, but FIRST.
You want to know what you MUST do if you have hope that you will be under God's protection?
I'm not saying you will not have heartache, pain, grief, or be severely chastised even if you are God's, but I'm saying that if we TRUST in God and listen to what He tells us then we truly do not have to worry for anything that really matters. We don't have to worry about what we'll eat, or what we'll drink, or how we'll be clothed.
Mat 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Mat 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Mat 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Seek FIRST the KINGDOM of GOD and GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS.
So, how do you seek the Kingdom of God and God's righteousness?
Seek-
- Definition:
1. to seek in order to find
a. to seek a thing
b. to seek [in order to find out] by thinking, meditating, reasoning, to enquire into
c. to seek after, seek for, aim at, strive after
2. to seek i.e. require, demand
a. to crave, demand something from someone
- Origin: of uncertain affinity
- TDNT entry: 16:52,3
- Part(s) of speech: Verb
- Strong's: Of uncertain affinity; to seek (literally or figuratively); specifically (by hebraism) to worship (God) or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life): - be (go) about desire endeavour enquire (for) require (X will) seek (after for means). Compare G4441.
Seek to find.
Seek by thinking.
Seek by meditating.
Seek by reasoning.
To aim at.
To strive after.
To require.
To demand.
To worship God.
To endeavor.
To enquire.
By the grace of God we are able to SEEK the Kingdom of God and God's Righteousness.
And this seeking is a forever thing, a daily thing. Just as we have been taught to pray asking for our daily bread, asking for God's kingdom to come.
Jesus said this-
Mat_7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you
And we are told this-
Jer_29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Jesus said this-
Mat 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
There is a strait gate, a narrow way to life and FEW FIND IT.
We are told to seek the KINGDOM OF GOD and GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS FIRST.
We are told that we are to enter into a NARROW WAY and THROUGH a STRAIT GATE.
We have to find this NARROW WAY and this STRAIT GATE. It's obviously a gate that is in need of being found because we are specifically told that FEW will find it.
When you seek, you are seeking to find.
We are told to seek so there is a process of seeking.
The Kingdom of God is life eternal in Jesus Christ our Lord and found through HIS righteousness.
Our lives must be spent seeking GOD FIRST in ALL THINGS! God's will first! Not your will, not my will, not someone else's will, but GOD'S WILL FIRST!
It is no surprise that FEW will find the Kingdom. We automatically seem to seek our own wills. To seek God's will first, we have to surrender our own will and that's something we are not inclined to do. We will be tempted and tried endlessly to keep us from surrendering our will. Satan will do everything in his power to keep us from finding the Kingdom of God and God's righteousness, from finding that strait gate.
Please LORD, we need to seek YOU, we need to seek YOUR kingdom first, we need to seek YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, we need to find the strait gate, the narrow way! Lead us to YOU in all things! PLEASE Lord we surrender to YOU.
Your WILL be done!
All by YOUR GRACE!
First, not second, not third, not last, but FIRST.
You want to know what you MUST do if you have hope that you will be under God's protection?
I'm not saying you will not have heartache, pain, grief, or be severely chastised even if you are God's, but I'm saying that if we TRUST in God and listen to what He tells us then we truly do not have to worry for anything that really matters. We don't have to worry about what we'll eat, or what we'll drink, or how we'll be clothed.
Mat 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Mat 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Mat 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Seek FIRST the KINGDOM of GOD and GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS.
So, how do you seek the Kingdom of God and God's righteousness?
Seek-
- Definition:
1. to seek in order to find
a. to seek a thing
b. to seek [in order to find out] by thinking, meditating, reasoning, to enquire into
c. to seek after, seek for, aim at, strive after
2. to seek i.e. require, demand
a. to crave, demand something from someone
- Origin: of uncertain affinity
- TDNT entry: 16:52,3
- Part(s) of speech: Verb
- Strong's: Of uncertain affinity; to seek (literally or figuratively); specifically (by hebraism) to worship (God) or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life): - be (go) about desire endeavour enquire (for) require (X will) seek (after for means). Compare G4441.
Seek to find.
Seek by thinking.
Seek by meditating.
Seek by reasoning.
To aim at.
To strive after.
To require.
To demand.
To worship God.
To endeavor.
To enquire.
By the grace of God we are able to SEEK the Kingdom of God and God's Righteousness.
And this seeking is a forever thing, a daily thing. Just as we have been taught to pray asking for our daily bread, asking for God's kingdom to come.
Jesus said this-
Mat_7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you
And we are told this-
Jer_29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Jesus said this-
Mat 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
There is a strait gate, a narrow way to life and FEW FIND IT.
We are told to seek the KINGDOM OF GOD and GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS FIRST.
We are told that we are to enter into a NARROW WAY and THROUGH a STRAIT GATE.
We have to find this NARROW WAY and this STRAIT GATE. It's obviously a gate that is in need of being found because we are specifically told that FEW will find it.
When you seek, you are seeking to find.
We are told to seek so there is a process of seeking.
The Kingdom of God is life eternal in Jesus Christ our Lord and found through HIS righteousness.
Our lives must be spent seeking GOD FIRST in ALL THINGS! God's will first! Not your will, not my will, not someone else's will, but GOD'S WILL FIRST!
It is no surprise that FEW will find the Kingdom. We automatically seem to seek our own wills. To seek God's will first, we have to surrender our own will and that's something we are not inclined to do. We will be tempted and tried endlessly to keep us from surrendering our will. Satan will do everything in his power to keep us from finding the Kingdom of God and God's righteousness, from finding that strait gate.
Please LORD, we need to seek YOU, we need to seek YOUR kingdom first, we need to seek YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, we need to find the strait gate, the narrow way! Lead us to YOU in all things! PLEASE Lord we surrender to YOU.
Your WILL be done!
All by YOUR GRACE!
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