What does that look like? How does one seek the kingdom of God?
Well, how do you seek advancement in your job? You focus on what you are trying to achieve and spend endless hours working towards that goal! You give it everything you got!
Same way! To seek God you put everything you have towards that goal! Spend time reading your Bible and pray "without ceasing"!
In any relationship; you get out of it, what you put into it!
“And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”
Deuteronomy 6:5 KJV (and repeated in Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:30)
To fulfill that commandment Jesus has to be THE principal purpose in your life - not something you "do" once or twice a week!
If He is your desire, then you will give Him everything you've got, to achieve that end!
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33 KJV
Then! (the following verse)
“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.” Matthew 6:34 KJV
If you are seeking Him, your mind is on Kingdom "things" not things of this world. When we worry, we sin! We are in essence saying, "God I don't trust you to take care of this for me so I'm going to take care of this myself - I will be god!" (The same thing that got the devil thrown out of heaven!)
Repent of worry!
"Worries" are simply distractions to get your mind off of God; off of what you are supposed to be "seeking"!
When your mind is on Him you have peace; the opposite of worry!!
Trust me! He IS big enough to take care of anything you are facing! Let Him!
You seek Him, and rest!
Even so - MARANATHA!
From 4/5/14
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