Put Your Hope In God

My Utmost For His Highest

 

‘The great concern of our lives is not the kingdom of God but how we are going to take care of ourselves to live. Jesus reversed the order by telling us to get the right relationship with God first, maintaining it as the primary concern of our lives, and never to place our concern on taking care of the other things of life. “. . . do not worry about your life. . .” (Matthew 6:25). Our Lord pointed out that from His standpoint it is absolutely unreasonable for us to be anxious, worrying about how we will live. […]  His disciple must make his relationship with God the dominating focus of his life, and to be cautiously carefree about everything else in comparison to that. In essence, Jesus was saying, “Don’t make food and drink the controlling factor of your life, but be focused absolutely on God.” […] Jesus is saying that the greatest concern of life is to place our relationship with God first, and everything else second. It is one of the most difficult, yet critical, disciplines of the Christian life to allow the Holy Spirit to bring us into absolute harmony with the teaching of Jesus in these verses.”  CHAMBERS

 

What are you worried about right at this moment?  OK, maybe you don’t want to admit to worry .. what concerns you?  Does it have to do with this natural life that you are living? Jesus did not say deny the existence of those circumstances, He said do not let them dominate you … but look to the Father … Trust .. Love .. God  with everything you have (Proverbs 3:5,6 .. Matthew 22:37) .. it leaves room for nothing else to be the motivation for what you think, feel, and do.  As a Christian, your life begins and ends with God.  By comparison, nothing else matters.  Of course other things do matter .. but not more than your relationship with the Lord.  And when you are right with God .. everything else comes into focus and is set in its proper place.  And then, there is no need to worry because you know that … God is in control.  Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness (Matthew 6:33)

 

Psalm 42:5 “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God”

 

Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)