Seek Him First.....

Matthew 6:25-24

25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[b]? 28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

"But SEEK FIRST his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." (emphasis added)

I have to constantly remind myself of this! I just get so caught up in every day stresses sometimes that I forget that the Lord is with me every step of the way. Seek in Hebrew actually means study or research...and for me that just clarifies exactly what I should be doing as a Christian. Research and Study what? His righteousness...His kingdom. Where do you find these things? Only one place...in the Word of God. So, if you are just going to church on Sundays and living your life the rest of the week and not seeking Him...then you are missing the mark! If you've read the Bible once, maybe twice and feel you've taken in all the Lord has to say...you've missed out on a lot of revelation! When you research and study the Bible...the Lord will open up the scripture and reveal everything you need to survive every area of your life. Your finances, marriage, children, work, family, friendship, love, peace, joy...and the list just goes on! It is all in there!

I've simply read the Bible and to be truthful...I did get some questions answered, but, most of it was just plain confusing! Then, I started to study and research scripture and small parts of the Bible and all of the sudden, everything became clearer and made sense! The Bible came alive in it's depth, complexity and all the books of the Bible connected and made sense! I encourage you, if you want to know how to tap into the power and love of God at a deeper level, to start researching and studying His Word...find a Bible study, dig deeper! I promise you will find answers there and God promises:

Luke 11:10
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

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