“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you”. Matt 6:33

During the Sermon on the Mount Jesus made specific reference to dwellings, clothes and food when He told the listeners not to worry but ‘all these things’ refers too much more than that. Jesus was saying that if you make seeking the Kingdom of God your first priority – all your needs will be filled.

This is repeated in Psalm 37:4 “Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.”

This doesn’t mean that God is a genie, which grants you your wishes if you pursue His Kingdom. The difference is that, when you seek the Kingdom of God, as has been explained thus far, your needs start to change. Slowly but surely you may start to notice that the things that were desperately important to you before, don’t really matter anymore or that you suddenly feel as though you need things that were never important to you previously. These are the needs God promises to fulfill – the things that become important to you as you search for His Kingdom.

Think of how your needs have changed since you started on your search for the Kingdom of God.

Posted by topher on Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 at 00:00 and is filed under Northfield YA. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.