Seek Ye First

One of my favorite songs to sing and play on my ukelele is Seek Ye First...

Seek Ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness
And all these things shall be added unto you. Allelu, Alleluia 

I have to be honest, the first thing I seek at 6 a.m. every morning is a shower and food. But one day I started mindfully singing the words to this song instead of just mindlessly singing and I felt like I got hit with a wave. I kept singing it over and over.

This song is a promise. It is also a simple formula for those of you who like math. Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you.

"All these things shall be added unto you." What things? I had to look it up. In Matthew 6:25-32, Jesus is talking about how the birds never worry about what they will eat and how flowers are so splendidly dressed. If Jesus takes care of these small things in nature, how much more will he take care of you?

If you first seek Jesus, everything will be taken care of for you.
I don't think this literally means that you can't brush your teeth before you spend time with Jesus. But it's about the principle and priorities. Do you give Jesus your last tired minutes of the day? The crumbs? I know I'm guilty of that. But if we put Him first in our lives, things will fit together much better. And if the promise to take care of all our needs is not enough, He gave us verse 33.

"For do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34

Basically He's telling us, "Stop stressing. Let me take care of you." Such a wonderful promise that I know I'll be clinging to today.

Seek Jesus my friends...He will provide everything you need.

Xo
Rachel