First Things First...SEEK

I had "one of those moments" earlier this evening. You know the kind... you know what to do, but struggle, all to often I'm sad to confess, to implement it into your daily life and furthermore make it a priority.

SEEK FIRST....The Kingdom Of God.

No matter what you do, who you are, how well you do what you do, how often you do it, how well you actually live who you are... it is all rubbish if it comes second to God. Harsh words; but words I was reminded of a little too recently.

Whatever it is, carries no weight if God has not done it, gone before you, sent you, provided for you and led you through "it" all. Even if "all these things" that are added to it, were not included, SEEKING the kingdom of God would still be worth it.

First is a placement on priority. If you remove that, then "seek the kingdom of God" becomes a statement of necessity.  A sunroof and cool wheels and an awesome stereo are meaningless if you don't have a car!!
 
If I focus on seeking the kingdom of God period, then perhaps I won't have to struggle as much in remembering that I need to do that first. In the meantime, though, I do need to do that first. SEEK.

And it's not just an individual battle. It exists within the corporate church body. As Pastor Jim Cymbala of the Brooklyn Tabernacle shared in a session at the 2013 General Council for the Assemblies Of God, worship and the lights and the music and environment and the sermon are nothing if people do not enter in and give glory and praise to God and are compelled to draw closer to God. He pretty much made his point along these lines: "that the earlier church had the preaching of the Gospel and multitudes believed and were saved. In 2013 we have "all this stuff" and churches are declining." Somewhere we have not only stopped seeking first, we simply stopped seeking. I am guilty of both.

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