God was teaching me some rather hard to swallow lessons today. I'll share one today. Check my blog for the other one tomorrow.
For as long as I can remember I have always wanted to succeed, to be better. I'm almost 30 and still haven't achieved those dreams. I'm currently not working and have been trying to learn a different trade, get a different set of skills. However by spending more time trying to reinvent myself, I end up straining my marriage.
We had a guest preacher at church today. He talked about Christians being wired to worship, to bring glory to God. My wife really took in his teaching and on our drive home, she was inspired even more than usual about us finding a way to serve God.
"What if that feeling you get about being great, involves you serving God?" she asked. What? I had never seen it that way. I shy away from being committed to serving God,from making it the ultimatum of my life,from making it my life. We are predestined, chosen to serve God. Tonight the scripture "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." came to my mind.
How do I incorporate "seek His kingdom first" into my desire to succeed? That question doesn't even sound right. So what is everyone's understanding of Matthew 6:33?
