Keeping First Things First (Matthew 6:33) - Your Daily Bible Verse - May 1

Seek first the kingdom—not for your gain, but for your good.

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Title: Keeping First Things First (Matthew 6:33) By: Betsy St. Amant Haddox Today's Bible Verse: But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. - Matthew 6:33 (ESV) I used to hear this verse growing up in church and Sunday School and think it was some sort of hard-to-follow, secret formula on how to get what I wanted. It always made me uncomfortable. I thought it advised that if I tried really hard to put God first, I'd end up getting that horse or that video game or whatever the current desire was at the time. It was a means to an end. As I grew older, I knew that couldn't be right, and started to feel guilty over thinking there was a way to "fake it" with God to get what I wanted. I wanted to please the Lord, but I also really wanted some "worldly" things. Be it a relationship or a particular job or college scholarship, I would think surely if I just "put God first," the good things would come my way next. Isn't that what Matthew 6:33 promised?   CONTINUE READING →

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