In Matthew 6 v 33, the Bible gives us an obligation: “Seek first the kingdom and righteousness of God; and all these things will be added to you.”
Why God first? Why seek first his kingdom and his righteousness? Based on words, I offer you three (3) elements of response:
- It all begins with God, (Gen.1.1-2, Jn.1.1). God is the beginning of all things. Without it there is no form. It is emptiness, chaos, nothingness… If everything begins with God, he must be our number number 1. (Exodus 20.3). Does God really take first place in your life?
- Everything can start again with God (Lk5.1-11). There is a very big difference between when God is present and when he is absent. In this text, we are facing the same fishermen, same boats, same nets, same water, same place, same space, same climate. The only difference is the presence of Christ Jesus. Dear Internet users, haven’t you had enough of failing, of being disappointed, of being humiliated on several points? Georges Mcdonald, clergyman, English writer, (18 and early 19e century) states: Anything done without God will inevitably turn into an abject failure. Ps.60/108.14: With God, we will do exploits. JI don’t want to know when, how and where you failed. What I know, regardless of the failure you have experienced, you can always start again with God. If you start again with him, he will transform your failures into success.
- Everything ends with God, Lk.23.46, Ps.116.15. Dying in God is the best way to end your earthly life. If on the end with Jesus, on the end of evil, I Th. 4,13-18.
This text is taken from a series of messages preached by Pastor Alex Jacques of the Church of Nazarene Aquarium of Laval.
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