Seek the Kingdom of God

Today's devotion was written by Mary Davis, a woman in my church. She is a gifted writer and teacher!

"Seek the kingdom of God first and His righteousness, and all these other things shall be added to you." Matthew 6:33

Matthew 6:33 is a finale to the previous verses in chapter six. The lesson differentiates between values and needs. The moral is to seek for one and trust for the other.

The key to the Kingdom of God is to seek goals that will reflect spiritual values - values that will not only enrich our lives, but the lives of other women also, making the Kingdom of God a better place for all.

When spiritual values and His righteousness (exemplifying Christ's equity and character of actions), work together, they free us from the complexities of life, replacing them with confidence that our temporal needs are secure in Him.

Naomi, a perfect example of seeking spiritual values, was able to guide the course of Ruth's life, ultimately changing the course of history.

As women, we too can change the course of other women's lives if we "seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness".

God wants women who will accept the challenge to change the course of history in our community, our church and our world.

Go for it women of God!!

Heavenly Father, You know our temporal needs as well as our spiritual needs, and we are so thankful that you do. Our prayer is that You will teach us to focus less on our temporal needs, and more on our spiritual needs, seeking goals and values that will help us "grow in grace and in knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, adding to our faith virtue; to virtue knowledge; to knowledge temperance; to temperance patience; to patience godliness; to godliness sisterly kindness; to sisterly kindness love." II Peter 3:1, II Peter 1:5-7 Thank you Father, Amen.



Submitted by Mary Davis.