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What will I eat? How will I pay the bills? How will I have a happy marriage? How will I have a successful career? Will I be a good parent? Everyone seems to be preoccupied with these kinds of concerns, but Jesus calmed his disciples by giving them a higher purpose. He told them not to worry about their needs in this world, but to instead seek God's kingdom, having the promise that God would then also meet all those needs: "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well," (Matthew 6:33).
"To seek the kingdom of God is to actively receive the eternal life that Jesus brought. Seeking salvation does not end at the time of conversion, but continues throughout the life of each disciple of Jesus. What does that look like? Practicing the presence of God, pursuing His priorities and pouring out for his people."
The enemy wants to use your circumstance against you by making you become anxious when things don't happen on your timetable. He wants you to assume responsibility in that you become the master of your own fate and trust in your own abilities to make things happen... abandoning your faith in Jesus. But Jesus is saying, I don't want you to become anxious about life. I don't want you to feel as if life happens without purpose. "God works all things after the counsel of his own will, " (Eph 1:11). God had a purpose before he ever created a person. And that your existence on Earth has significance!
Seeking His kingdom first is the part that allows you to work the foundation of your faith. To allow God to take you through a wilderness area knowing he's gonna make you the better for it. And then when I get in the middle of the valley, that is not a time for me to leave my faith. But to trust that God is still with me. And that if he has me in the middle of a sunny afternoon, then he has to have me in the middle of a dark night!
Be encouraged today!
"To seek the kingdom of God is to actively receive the eternal life that Jesus brought. Seeking salvation does not end at the time of conversion, but continues throughout the life of each disciple of Jesus. What does that look like? Practicing the presence of God, pursuing His priorities and pouring out for his people."
The enemy wants to use your circumstance against you by making you become anxious when things don't happen on your timetable. He wants you to assume responsibility in that you become the master of your own fate and trust in your own abilities to make things happen... abandoning your faith in Jesus. But Jesus is saying, I don't want you to become anxious about life. I don't want you to feel as if life happens without purpose. "God works all things after the counsel of his own will, " (Eph 1:11). God had a purpose before he ever created a person. And that your existence on Earth has significance!
Seeking His kingdom first is the part that allows you to work the foundation of your faith. To allow God to take you through a wilderness area knowing he's gonna make you the better for it. And then when I get in the middle of the valley, that is not a time for me to leave my faith. But to trust that God is still with me. And that if he has me in the middle of a sunny afternoon, then he has to have me in the middle of a dark night!
Be encouraged today!
