Priorities

Matthew 6:33
 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." 
  I wonder what life would be like for Christians if we would decide to finally take God serious and put Him first? Can you picture yourself making your priority list and God being number one every single time?
 The way we start our day would change completely, because our first act of the day would be to honor and glorify the Creator of the day! What a potentially incredible chain of events that would follow if we simply made God  our priority over everything! There would never be a lack of workers at church projects. There would always be overwhelming support in youth and children functions at church. We under estimate the importance of just being there. However, the truth is what is important to you will be important to the children. If everyone would give of their time then no one would be strapped for time. If everyone would give of their resources then no one would be strapped for resources. If everyone would give of their money then no one would be strapped for money. You get the picture!? There would always be more than enough resources, people, money, and prayer. God's church would be the most influential life changing force in the world if we would just get our priorities right. We see a great example of this in the early church in Acts 2:44-45, "Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. This is about priority, putting God first above anything else. Jesus loves His church (Ephesians 5:25) and His priorities should be our priorities. Putting God first is also about seeing people come to know Him. We also read in Acts 2:47, "The Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved." Wow can you imagine people being saved in our fellowship every single day? If we would just get our priorities right we could see no less than 365 people a year come to Know Jesus, 365 people who have been saved from hell!
Isn't that worth adjusting our lives and putting God at the top of our list!
 I would like to add that Matt 6:33 is a two part verse. The second part says "and all these things will be added to you." In the passage where this verse is found, Jesus is taking on the subject of worry. He is trying to convince us that there is no need to worry about things like food or clothing. As long as we are seeking God first and His righteousness everything we need will be provided. We need to realize that everything we have comes from God anyway, and He deserves honor, praise and glory for it. How can this happen if the thing provided has priority over the ONE providing it! I love the way this is communicated to us in the book of Proverbs 3:5-6, "Trust in the Lord with all of your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all of your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths. As I close out this devotional, and as we ponder our priorities, I would like to ask, "Who is better at directing your path? Is it the one who spoke the world into existence, who also gives life and breath to all things, The one who is all present, all powerful and all knowing, or is it you?