...seek His Kingdom FIRST.....

This morning the Lord spoke to me...yes, He did, out of nowhere He gave me this verse: But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. (Matthew 6:33)


If you are following my ramblings on here you know that the last little while had me struggling a bit more and had me focusing on the mountain rather than on the Mountain Mover... 


As He has been gently leading me out of the pit I was in, He once again allowed me to take my eyes off me and rather look to Him and let Him lead me.


Serving Him is a passion of mine and as you also know, He has been opening my eyes to the needs of those around me that do not know Him...
So this morning I decided I was going to look up "serving" the Lord... (I love biblegateway.com) 


 But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to obey his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and all your soul." (Joshua 22:5)


But be sure to fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you. (1. Samuel 12:24)


Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.' (Luke 4:8)


As I prayed for God to continue to allow me to serve Him only and take the focus of my selfish needs my heart received real peace and contentment..


Moving through my morning, in my kitchen, tidying up some stuff I all of a sudden had the Holy Spirit bring this verse to mind... 


Seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you...


Seeking His kingdom, fixing my eyes on Him and obeying His commands cheerfully, serving Him and putting my needs and wants last, He will give me the desire of my heart... which is to serve Him, together with the man that HE has for me... dedicating my life to His service.. whatever that will look like...


I understand that it is not wrong to desire this, I just cannot let the fact that this is not happening right now throw me off and unsettle me.. I need to continue to Seek His Kingdom by drawing close to Him... because that is the place I need to be... maybe one day together with a man after God's own heart... or maybe not... but in His presence all those earthly desires can dim just enough to rest again in the love and faithfulness of the Father.... Thank you Lord....