“Seek ye first____.” The old adage, “First things first” fits with our text. The reason so many Christian lives are topsy-turvy is because when they list what’s most important to them they put “two” before “one.” The Divine order, as well as that of the mathematician, is that you always start counting from one. The second thing is alright as long as it follows the first. “Things” are additives for putting God first.
Holiness comes before happiness; the approval of men is to be preceded by the approval of God; the welfare of people comes before my personal wealth; “Thy will” is to be before “my will”; the voice from Heaven should be sweeter to me than cheers from the crowd. God is always first in line; everything and everyone else must fall in behind Him and wait their turn.
God is not the caboose, He’s the engine.
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