FIRST THINGS FIRST Turn
Doing what is most important first is doing first things first! What we do first in our day lets us know what is most on our heart. What you're thinking of when you first wake up lets you know what your highest priorities are.
Matthew 6:33 says, "Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and everything you need will be added unto you.”
I love what King David said about what he considered to be first in his life. It is one of the most passionate, beautiful descriptions of what was the highest importance and deepest longing of his heart.
Ps 63:1-7 O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. 3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. 4 I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name, I will lift up my hands. 5 My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you. 6 On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. 7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
May you and I, by choice, put God and his amazing love and grace first in our minds! May our meditation of him consume our thoughts so that what we do will reflect who he is! may we, like King David, find ourselves waking in the middle of the night, overwhelmed with the love of God! When we meditate on his love for us it causes us to be in love with Him and therefore naturally put him first in everything we do. God is wanting to pour out heavens richness into your life! Today is your day for increase! Please remember– The quickest way to increase is putting…