The 5 Minute Discipleship Podcast

#534: Seeking God First

• Loren Hicks

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The Big Idea: 

In Matthew 6:33, Jesus says we are to seek God, but he goes on to say that we are to seek him “first.” This is the matter of priority. We all seek for something. We might seek for opportunity, position, resources, and open doors. We could seek for pleasure, enjoyment, comfort, success, and fulfillment. We might seek for friendship, family, and connection. We all seek something, but Jesus said for those who would follow him, we must seek God and his kingdom first.


Main Points:

1. To seek is to pursue, to look for, to desire to obtain, and to discover. 
2. Today is a good day to ask ourselves some important questions: Is Jesus first place in our lives? In all of our seeking, are we seeking God first? Is there practical, everyday evidence that we are putting God first in our lives?
3. Your life and mine is filled with worry. We live with a certain amount of anxiety about our needs being met. Let’s focus on this powerful promise from Jesus. If we begin to seek God first in our lives, God is faithful to meet all of our needs.


Today’s Scripture Verses:

Matthew 6:33 - “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

1 Chronicles 22:19 - “Now set your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God.”

Colossians 3:1-2 - “If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”

Jeremiah 29:13 says, “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”

Psalm 34:10 - “…those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.”


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