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Seek first the Kingdom of God ...

(9/1/2014)
Seek first the Kingdom of God...

How am I struggling with that!

So many preachers preach salvation, or faith, or prosperity, or healing, or provide you with a detailed 10 point plan on how to get there, how to attain salvation, how to name it and claim it! But very few of them can tell you, really tell you how to seek the Kingdom of God.

I want to know how to seek the Kingdom of God. I have some ideas, but who says they are correct?

I want a happy family, I want money, I want health and wealth, but is that correct, is it allowed or even permissible? A know that a lot of the super spiritual Christians will say that I am coveting, that I am sinning and by that they imply that I should grovel in poverty. Why should I be expected off to be satisfied with crumbs if I can eat bread at the table? But that again makes me proud and a glutton and part of the name it and claim it club.
I cannot stand people that names what they want and then claim it of God with great fanfare and noise. I do not think naming and claiming is seeking the Kingdom of God!

God said "Seek first the Kingdom of God, then all these things will be given you ..." He did not say seek the things first, He said seek first the Kingdom of God. For me, now, it means to look for Jesus, to try and get to know Him better, read the Bible, speak to Him, listen to Him. It means listening to the Holy Spirit - not chasing after the gifts of the Holy Spirit, but rather getting closer to Him. I do not know how yet, but I am trying.
It means loving and obeying and accepting God the Father. Father. It is difficult for me because my relationship with my dad was not good. And I miss him now, but he is not here anymore. But God is also my Father, I accept that intellectually now, and He will treat me like His child, I must just learn to get closer to Him. Learn how and what He is as a Father.

For me that is seeking the Kingdom of God. It means looking for a relationship with God and all that it entails. It does not mean looking for stuff that will make us materially happy. Stuff should not matter, but I believe God will provide us with stuff in order for us to bless others.

I am looking for the Kingdom of God. Seek FIRST the Kingdom of God!!!


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