Tag: Seek first

One day when our first grandbaby was living and in such a fragile state I had a minor but major moment in which some ways of seeing life shifted sharply – with the kind of swiftness and visibility of a camera refocussing.

Dashing through the school, driven with the desire to get to the hospital as soon as I could, another mum was in a quandary about her child. I quickly said what I thought and as I kept moving was struck with the knowledge that it was the seriousness of a life in balance that gave me clarity and speed to speak and without that, I too would have still been standing by my child’s classroom feeling so uncertain.

One of the things God has used to teach and draw me over the past year is this verse… “Seek first His kingdom and righteousness and all these things will be added to you”. (Matthew 6:33)

The context it was said within matters rather a lot as always… and I could write pages on the verse in its context but here, what I want to say is just this…

I have a tendency to chase after the very things the Father already knows I need.

I have a tendency to inflate wants and desires into the place of need.

I am a Dory. Continuously distracted.

I am also His loved child who, by His grace alone, is consistently drawn back. He takes my face in His hand and compels me to look at His face again.

When I’m seeking (with my whole heart) after God, – His kingdom and righteousness – that other stuff snaps into the background perspective.
Present.
Needed.
Seen.
Acknowledged.
Messy and in need or order – but soothed into its proper place.

“Seek FIRST His kingdom and righteousness
and
all these things will be added to you”