Morning Prayer, Tuesday, July 18, 2026 - WORD(S) OF THE DAY:  SEEKING THEM

Father God, my greatest desire in this life is to put You first.  Forgive me when I have chosen things over You.  Amen

“[33] Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added.”  (Matthew 6:33 NIV)

“If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God.”  Some of us can look at our lives and see that we are seeking things over God.  Yes, we are pursuing the things of this world, placing God in second and sometimes in third place.  God tells us in Matthew 6:33, “Seek me first.”  It is easy to get caught up in the things of this world be it with people, opportunities, money, status or position.  When we do, we become negligent in our relationship of pursuing God.  He told the Israelites in Exodus 30:5, “You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God . . .”  Them would be the things we idolize.  The thing about placing God behind the them can be bad for business.  There will come a time when them can’t help us in times of trouble.  Money can’t.  Status can’t and position sure can’t.  What then?  Who do I go to for help when the things that I have chased can’t do me any good?  The Israelites faced this and found that when they needed God most, He had turned His back on them.  Jesus says in Matthew 7, we are seeking “them” over God, when we come to him, he will say, “I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.”  Be a God-seeker and not a seeker of them.  "You don’t have to seek opportunity.  All you have to do is seek God and opportunity will find you."

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"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."  John 3:16