"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things wil be given to you as well." Matthew 6:33
How much would my life be different if I actually put that into practice? What if instead of first praying "Oh God please find us a job and a home and some money", what if I prayed that we would find Him and His kingdom and His righteousness? I have been struggling with that so much lately. I have faith that God has an awesome opportunity for us, but for some reason I can't muster up the faith to believe that he's powerful enough to get us there. And time is running out. But what if... Just what if I spent more time worrying about how I can be kinder, gentler, more understanding, more patient...more like Jesus, than worrying about "what shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or what shall we wear? For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them." What if I sought first His kingdom? What if I don't even know what that means? What if I don't have enough faith? What if I'm too weak? What if God doesn't come through with the things that we need?
God please give me the faith that I need for today, and show me what it means to truly seek you instead of all these things. Help me to distinguish between need and want and to trust that you will take care of my needs. God I want to be brave, and wise and more like Jesus today than I was yesterday. Please make me a seeker.
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I find myself in the same shoes. That is, I find myself dwelling on temporal things. I can remeber a period in my life when most of my thoughts were about important things; scriptural truths, the nature of God, philosophy, human nature. Now I find myself daydreaming about the things I want. When you pray for God to change your focus, pray for me too.
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