New Year!!! Great time to put FIRST His Kingdom.
Jesus tells us in Matthew 6:33 to seek FIRST the Kingdom of God, and God’s righteousness, and if we do, essentially everything else will eventually fall into its proper place and priority in our lives.
All the distractions and attractions have gradually killed the FIRST PASSION for His presence. I am shocked in a country of such privilege to see the lack of love for His Ways, His Word, His presence.
There is NO way to fabricate it. It’s not magic. It’s not a quick injection. It’s a gradual yielding to SEEK FIRST God, one day at a time.
If there is NO EAGER-NESS, no passion, no desire, no interest, no enthusiasm, then ask the Holy Spirit what is grieving Him. Because HE IS THE SOURCE OF OUR “EAGER.”
“Nevertheless I have somewhat against you, because you have left your FIRST love.” Rev. 2:4
START WITH THE HEART AND LET HOLY SPIRIT DO IN YOU WHAT HE WAS SENT FOR.
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.” Psalm 51:10-12 (NIV)
It is IN HIM that we LIVE, and MOVE, and have our being. Acts 17:28
This is one of my favorite scriptures…
“For it is [not your strength, but it is] God who is effectively at work in you, both to will and to work [that is, strengthening, energizing, and creating in you the longing and the ability to fulfill your purpose] for His good pleasure.” Philippians 2:13 (AMP)
Message: “Better yet, redouble your efforts. Be energetic in your life of salvation, reverent and sensitive before God. That energy is God’s energy, an energy deep within you, God himself willing and working at what will give him the most pleasure.”
Psalm 5:3 “In the morning, O LORD, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to You and EAGERLY watch.”
Eager simply means wanting to do or have something very much. I pray that your “eager” will be FIRST FOR HIM.
HAPPY, HAPPY NEW YEAR! It is going to be a great year!
