SEEK HIM FIRST

Today I want to encourage all of us to seek Him first. Why? Because scripture calls us to and then explains why this is so important. Also, from my own experience, life falls into place when we spend time in His presence. It does not mean life will always be easy, but we have a Helper with us AT ALL TIMES!

Matthew 6:33:

"But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."

The question that popped into my mind was, what is the "all these things will be added to you"? Let's read the full passage here and find out!

Reading in Matthew 6:25-34(NKJV):

²⁵ “Therefore, I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? ²⁶ Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? ²⁷ Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

²⁸ “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; ²⁹ and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰ Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

³¹ “Therefore, do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. ³³ But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. ³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."

What we find out from this reading of God's Word is that by seeking Him first we will be: Clothed, Never Thirst, Fed, Free from Worry! We are more valuable to Him than the birds and the lilies, and as He provides for them, He will provide for us. He has us covered inside and out!

Take time today to spend time reading the Bible, praying, and thank your Heavenly Father for His love and provision for you.