TEXT:
MATTHEW 6:33
“But seek ye first the kingdom
of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
The
scripture tells us that the first and paramount thing to seek or to long for is
the kingdom of God and His righteousness. That is, we would strive to know God genuinely;
we should seek Him not only with our lips but with the totality of our life-
body, soul and spirit.
We
you are seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness; it means you are
passionate in pleasing the Lord your maker in all your ways. It means you are
always conscious of your ways of life, and you examine yourself at every point
in time to see if you are still in tune with God. It means you are heaven
minded, courteous to live a life without blemish, spot or wrinkle; a life that
glorifies God.
Kingdom
seekers are those that believe that there is a place they will go to after
leaving this world (eternity).
Kingdom
seekers put their minds on things that are not seen (which are eternal) and not
on things that are seen (which are temporal and perishable).
The
Lord did not say we should be poor, he did not say He will not bless us; He did
not say He will not take us to the height that we aspire to be. All He’s saying
is that we should seek and love Him genuinely, to have a genuine relationship
with Him. God wants us to be rooted and grounded in Him, so that when the day
of evil comes; we will triumph.
It
is so sad these days that people have put the first thing last and the last
thing first. They have put the cart before the horse! Instead of seeking the
kingdom of God first, they are busy seeking and running after other things (the
world and its pleasures).
People
want to become rich overnight. They are passionate and more concerned about
building multi-million dollar Business Empire than genuinely seeking after the
Lord their maker.
Many
people out of desperation have gotten themselves in dubious, sinful and ungodly
way to acquire these things that are just for the time being.
Men
and women of God are not left out in this quest for the pleasures of the world.
The motive of some pastors has changed from genuinely seeking the kingdom of
God, to milking and exploiting their members to fulfil their worldly desires.
Many
so called gospel singers are lost in the world of deceit. They sing songs that
glorify man rather than God. They have diluted their songs with the worldliness
of this world so that they would be widely accepted and make money as a result.
Gone
are those days when a sinner will hear gospel music and be convicted of his or
her sin! The subject and the focus have been changed from the Almighty God to
worldliness disguised as gospel of God.
The
mistake that people are making is that they refused to follow the instruction
of God that says “SEEK YE FIRST THE
KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO
IT.”
If
you follow this instruction or commandment of God, you will be doing yourself a
lot of good; because life will be very easy for you(not that problem will not
come, but you will have victory).
If
you devote yourself to serving and pleasing God wholeheartedly, wealth,
blessing and every other thing shall be added to you freely as bonus. You wouldn't
need to struggle tooth and nail for it.
Solomon
never asked for wealth but wisdom to lead God’s people. Because of his commitment
to God’s assignment in his hands, God decided to bless him richly beyond his
request. Great wealth was added as a bonus to his request.
The
scripture says “The blessing of the Lord makes riches and adds no sorrow to it.”
(Proverbs 10:22).
Be
determined today that you want to genuinely seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness;
don’t run after “other thing”- (material blessings). Leave other things for God
to add to you as a reward of your steadfastness in seeking His kingdom and His
righteousness.
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