“Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live
righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring
its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.” – Matthew 6:33-34 NLT
What are you living for? Kingdom of God or
for the world?
All of us ought to seek the kingdom of God
above all else, and live righteously, especially if we are followers of Jesus
Christ. This is because these priorities are what we actually have been created
for, due to the fact that we have been created to be the images of God (Genesis 1:27). In addition to this, the
eternal kingdom of heaven is our original home because we are manifested in
there to bring the kingdom of God into perfection (Genesis 1). This is exactly why Jesus
Christ had been crucified (Hebrews 2:14-15) and resurrected back (Luke 24:4-7), so that we may become the righteousness of God through
Him (2 Corinthians 5:21) by obeying the Spirit
of God, whom God has poured His Spirit into us as an advocate (John 14:15-27). Thus, for this reason, Jesus
Christ was determined to endure and persevere His earthly life until the time of
His crucifixion and resurrection came, even though it was actually hard for
Him. This is because He mostly cared to do His Father’s will (Luke 22:42). Furthermore, He knew that He
is going to take the highest place and sit at the right hand of God in His
kingdom (Luke 22:66-69) so that everyone is going
confess that He is the Lord (Philippians 2:6-11) and Savior (Acts 4:11-12).
But very truly I
tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the
Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. When he
comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness
and judgment: about sin, because people do not believe in me; about
righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no
longer; and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands
condemned.
I have much more
to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth,
comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he
will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He
will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make
known to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the
Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you. (John 16:7-15)
Moreover, God had appointed several
apostles and prophets to create His Word for them and future generations
through the Spirit (2 Peter 1:21). The Spirit of God is enough
(Romans 8:1-13) to follow Jesus Christ
until the end of the age but it is probably going to be too hard for everybody.
‘For in the gospel the righteousness of
God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it
is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”’ (Romans 1:17) “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged
sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it
judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12)
All Scripture is
God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in
righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every
good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
Secondly, we have to know that God is also
our Provider as well, since the word of God proclaims, “He [God] who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how
will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? (Romans 8:32) Therefore, if we are seeking
the kingdom of God above all else, and living righteously in Christ Jesus until
the end of the end of the age according to the Spirit (John 14:15-27) and the Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16-17), the Creator and our
heavenly Father is more than willing to provide. However, we need to pray
before Him as well, as the prayer creates an intimate relationship with Him (Philippians 4:6-7) Hence, the word of God declares,
“This is the confidence we have in
approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we
asked of him.” (1 John 5:14-15)
Blessed are those
whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD. Blessed
are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart—they do no
wrong but follow his ways. (Psalm 119:1-3)
As for me, I honestly
do not have any worries or anxieties within me except doing the will of God
because of Matthew 7:21. This is probably because I
know that earthly things will not last and the one who pleases God will last (1 John 2:15-17), I got fully-saved through
faith in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:8), or something. To be more
specific, my main reason that I worry about is doing the will of God until the
end of the age because the eternal kingdom of heaven is actually what I am
after (Psalm 27:4) that I often get conviction to
do more things for God, since we are His workmanship in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:10). This is why I have kept
trying to fix time-arrangements, even though denying my self is hard (Matthew 16:24-27). Nevertheless, I trust
that the Holy Spirit is guiding me through this (Proverbs 3:5-8). Moreover, I do not often
get hungry that I have to have a meal before or in the middle of writing my
devotionals. This is probably because my heart and my mind often so focused at
them for the glory and the kingdom of God (Matthew 6:19-21). This reminds me that I am
becoming more like Jesus Christ because of John 4:34.
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