MEMORY VERSE OF THE WEEK: + Psalm 96:9 Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth!
VERSE OF THE DAY: + Matthew 10:37–39 Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
** SAY THIS BEFORE YOU READ; HERE’S SOME CHRISTIAN TRUTHS **
I AM WALKING IN GOD
I AM HEARING HIM SPEAK
I AM STRONG
I AM CONTENT
THOUGHTS:
Jesus wanted us to know that we shouldn’t put anyone before him. If we do, we aren’t worthy of him. Sometimes, it is hard not to put family or relationships first because we love our family and our parents, but we have to learn to put them behind Jesus . When we get married, our priority should be Jesus , spouse, family, and everything after, but some people feel that Jesus is supposed to be placed somewhere in between all of that.
Still, Jesus clearly states that he should be first, and when we follow him, we must take up our cross and follow him; if we don’t, we aren’t worthy of him. Usually, what someone wants first is to whom they dedicate most of their time. If we marry someone who thinks God should be second, we must either have a conversation or talk to them about our goals or priorities; as a single woman, my main goal is to place God first.
1 Corinthians 7:34 And his interests are divided. The unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord and how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things and how to please her husband.
See, when you’re unmarried, you should only be anxious about the things of the Lord and how to be holy in body and spirit, but when you are married, your goal is to please your husband. Our priorities must change when we become married and when we are single. But we, as believers, must always place God first and nothing else.
Colossians 3:1–4 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 mind on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.”
Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Both scriptures tell us to put Jesus first and seek the things above; we can’t call ourselves believers if we put other things before Jesus . If our heart is into placing the minor things here on earth first, we will tarnish our relationship with Christ. But when we have a relationship with Jesus, it must come first. What I try to do is do everything that is for Jesus or with Jesus first, and everything else I have to do comes after.
We must not make him feel he is second in our life; the Bible says we don’t place anything before God, no idol. We might not think our actions are idolatry, but they are. We must understand that anything placed before God is an idol, even what we have in our hearts. We must check that our heart is always focused on God because what’s in our hearts matters. If we dont love him as we used to, if we dont have that fire or zeal, our heart will turn us away from him. Do you all remember King Solomon, who allowed the women he was with to turn his heart away from God?
Romans 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
Things of the flesh can cause us to love him less when we focus on bills, stress, anger, bitterness, and jealousy. Those things can turn our hearts were we are walking in the flesh, and we forget the things of the spirit, when we give over those things to God. We are focused on him, and we are focused on pleasing him; we make ourselves worthy of him ,to follow him. I want to make myself a worthy servant of him; I want to make sure I am in his will and doing everything in my life to please God; how do we please him? The Bible says this: Hebrews 11:6 And without faith, it is impossible to please him, for whoever draws near to God must believe that he exists and rewards those who seek him.
We please him with our faith; Romans 8:8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.” it says when we are in the flesh, we can’t please god, so when we walk in the spirit, we please him, so with our faith and walking in the spirit, we have to make sure we live a life that is pleasing to him, so we can keep him first ,see all of these things and steps are a chain.
When we do one thing wrong , we can break the chain; and we have a broken link we must figure out the best way to fix it and in our spiritual lives that’s connecting ourselves back to God ; every day, we must make sure all of the links are together and that we are doing all we can to walk in a way that is pleasing to him.
***Today, remember that God should be the head of our lives and never last; we have so much going on. We seem to think we have everything under control, and something else comes and shows us we don’t . Still, whatever comes, we must please God and keep him first; that’s what he wants from us and desires that we keep him linked into our lives. Some of us haven’t done it yet, and some of us dont see the point, but the more important picture matters, and that bigger picture is having a fulfilling life in God by following his will and keeping him first. If we do this, we won’t have to worry if we are doing something wrong. All we have to do is listen to him when he speaks , saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” ©Seer~ Prophetess Lee
PRAYER
Heavenly Father, we thank you for today; we ask you today, Father, that you help keep our lives balance and include you more; sometimes our times are mind is on other things, and we ask you to help us find the time to speak to you, to read our word, lord we desire to stay close to you, we desire to please you in every aspect of our lives, lord we ask that you continue to show us your way and your will, we ask that you forgive us of the sins we have done, lord every day we desire to surrender the wrong that’s in our lives to you , please change us and mold us in Jesus Name Amen.
REFERENCES
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
+ Deuteronomy 6:5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
+ Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
FURTHER READINGS
Proverbs 4
Nehemiah 8
Joshua 2
Ezekiel 15
