Matthew 6:31–33
31“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”....
As a child of God, know that it is your Father’s pleasure to meet all your needs. Jesus Himself tells us, “For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.” But God does not want you to seek after needs. He wants you to seek first His kingdom. And when you do that, all the things that you need will be added to you!
So your first priority every day is to seek His kingdom. The word “first” in verse 33 is the Greek word proton, which means “first in order or importance, holding the highest place in all our affections”. So God wants us to seek first His kingdom, and all things will fall gloriously in place.
We are not to seek after things the way Gentiles do. The word “seek” in “the Gentiles seek” (verse 32) is the Greek word epizeteo. It means “to seek with all their might with much sweat or with much stress”. However, the way God wants us to “seek” in “seek first the kingdom of God” is the Greek word zeteo, which means “to hunger, to desire to worship”. It is simply a hungering, a desiring for the kingdom of God, without any toil or stress.
But what is the kingdom of God? Romans 14:17 tells us that it is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. And the kingdom of God dwells within you because the Holy Spirit indwells you. So the kingdom of God is His righteousness, peace and joy in you.
Make sure that peace and joy in the Holy Spirit is flowing inside you every day. Seek every day to be conscious of your righteousness in Christ, not your own righteousness, but His righteousness given to you as a gift. Pursue Jesus first. Spend time with Him, listening to His Word. And when you do these things, you are seeking His kingdom and His righteousness, and all the things that you need will be added to you!
(above is an extract of daily devotion from New Creation Church)
I'm currently cultivating the habit in reading the daily devotion every morning, to start my day with my heavenly Daddy.. =) Today's devotion was pretty good, it remind us to cultivate the presence of God, to seek Him 1st, HIM, Jesus, when we put Jesus 1st all peace, love, joy and righteousness will follow, because Jesus IS THE JOY, THE PEACE, THE STRENGTH. These are all IN the person of Christ. We need not seek for healing but the Healer, need not seek for victory and success, bcoz success is Christ Himself =D Need not seek for happiness and joy, bcoz Jesus is THE JOY. Thank You Jesus, for Your unfailing love for us, i worship u my Jesus my abba Father.. You ARE My Everything!!! ^-^
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