Jesus told His followers to put God and His interests first, and He would throw in the goodies we all spend a lifetime seeking. God’s paradoxical way is to loose to get. He tells us if we attempt to go directly to the thing, bypassing Him, we’ll lose both.
C.S. Lewis had it right when he wrote, “Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first and we lose both first and second things.”
I have seen some professing Christians sidestep God and still get the “things" mentioned in our text; but invariably you’ll find they had to sell out to the devil to get them (Matt.4:9).
If one does not heed the Bible’s warning sign, and detours around God, then further down the road he or she will find disaster waiting. And if they continue on this wrong way, at some point it will no longer be possible to turn back. Remember, Esau got what he wanted but lost what he had.
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