Jesus spoke these words in the Sermon on the Mount. He had just cautioned those listening against worrying about life (ugh!), about what they would eat (ugh!), about what they would wear (double ugh!!). The rest of verse 33 says "...all these things will be given to you as well". Why do we spend so much time on "these things" and so little on His kingdom?
Henri Nouwen in HERE AND NOW says:
"Without a clear goal, we will always be distracted
and spend our energy on secondary things."
The athletes in the Summer Olympics are very clear in their goal and everthing in their day revolves around that goal. There are billboards out today that say: "THINK GOD"...not a bad thought!
"Seek first the kingdom of God"...now that's a worthy goal!
Maybe I need to do a little reordering of my goals. How about you?
For further study: Deuteronomy 4:29, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Jonah 2:8, Matthew 6:19-20, Galatians 5:16-17, Hebrews 11:6, 12:1-3, James 4:7-8, 1 John 2:15-17, Revelation 3:17-20.
Be blessed in your understanding of God's word.
Love,
Holly
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