“He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.”
(Pro. 18:17
Matthew Henry commenting on this verse says, “This shows that one tale is good till another is told.” Generally speaking, anyone presenting his case first makes it look good, whether it is or not; that the argument of the one following will not have the same convincing weight. In our essay today I want to apply God as the follow-up to the first person’s argument.
Whenever you hear someone screaming for his rights you’re listening to a man or woman who desires to be first. But as Oswald Sanders says, “The only rights we have before God is to give up our rights.” How we fight to be first in line, at the head, leaving God at the end of the line! But I remind all such, “The last shall be first.” Putting two before one is always bad math.
The little quip, “First things first,” is ever true, especially when it concerns God. “In the beginning God”; “He is before all things”; “But seek ye first...God!” He is to be first in all our relationships, decisions, thoughts, etc. Our desires are additives for putting God first in our lives. Solomon found this to be true. (1 Kgs. 3:5-13 cp. Matt. 6:33) First means, NOTHING BEFORE!
An Old Disciple
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