“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you..” Matthew 6:33
Is your faith the center of your life or tacked on to your life? “No man can serve two masters…” (Matthew 6:24).
Do you believe that? Compare Brother Lawrence’s life: “After having given myself wholly to God to make all the satisfaction I could for my sins, I renounced, for the love of Him, everything that was not God; and I began to live as if there was none but He and I in the world.”
Doesn’t “seek first the kingdom” mean we are to have but one goal, and that is to know Jesus Christ personally, powerfully, passionately, and preeminently? Doesn’t it mean that everything else will flow out of that?
You say, “But wait a minute. Brother Lawrence was a monk in a much different time. I’ve got other things to do! I’ve got a job. I’ve got to rest. I’ve got to have recreation. I’ve got to have friends. I can’t just narrow my interests to one.”
Doesn’t it come down to one question? Who is the center of your life: Jesus or You?
Disturbingly simple isn’t it?
Nick
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