What do you seek first?

Jesus said "seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness..."

"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
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“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? ²⁶ Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? ²⁷ Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

²⁸ “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; ²⁹ and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰ Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

³¹ “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. ³³ But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. ³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."  (Matthew 6)

So, consider a typical day for you. *seek first the kingdom of God*  You wake up in the morning, you get ready for work or school, you eat breakfast, you drive, walk or ride to wherever you are going... *seek first the kingdom of God*  ... you then go through the trials and struggles of your day.  *seek first the kingdom of God*  dealing with each challenge as you have been trained (for your job) and learning as you go (job, school, etc.).  You may stop briefly throughout the day to rest, recover, take a break. *seek first the kingdom of God*  after work or school, you hang out with friends, grab dinner, go home, workout, or watch TV. *seek first the kingdom of God*   Maybe grab a late night snack before turning in? *seek first the kingdom of God* 

Take an honest assessment of your heart in what you do.  How much of your busy life is spent seeking or going after God?  You may find that most of it is focused on yourself and getting through the tasks of the day.  These things are not in themselves "bad", but can you pursue them with the right heart and mind set? - A mind set on things above -  Jesus promises us that "all these things" will be added to us if we do seek Him first.  Ask yourself: can you put more heart and effort into this seeking?  *seek first the kingdom of God* 

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