Whose Kingdom will you build?

Some people are so caught up in their lives that they do not realize that God is the source of their existence. People are so busy building "their kingdom" that they forget about the most important kingdom of all, God's Kingdom. When you focus on building God's kingdom, your "kingdom" will be blessed and it will flourish. Seek ye first the kingdom of God. That is the best advice ever. Don't get stressed out when things are not going your way because more than likely that is not what you are suppose to be doing. Find out what God has for your life and purse it and your life will be prosperous and full of purpose.

Matthew 6: 33
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Where your treasure is, that is where your heart is!

I was talking to my girlfriend this morning because I have been waiting for an "important person" to email me. I was acting like a kid on a trip asking every 5 seconds if they are there yet. Checking my email every 5 minutes or wanted to text the middleman (middle woman in this case) to make sure that he has my correct email. Then getting mad when I found out that the "important person" tried to email me and it would not let him send it. So I frantically went to my email to try and rectify the problem and sat back mad because his email did not come through. That is when I read the daily proverb on Bible.com and was immediately slapped back to reality. The proverb spoke about not working to be rich because wealth can be here today and gone tomorrow, and to seek the kingdom of God first and everything will be added unto you. That made me think about myself in the sense that I do not need to try and seek man's approval but seek the Lord's approval. The Lord is the only one that has the power to put me in any position on this earth and keep me there no matter what happens. So after reading that proverb my whole attitude has changed about this world. Through faith, prayer and hard work I will seek the Lord first and allow him to guide my steps and my life. You should do the same!

Matthew 6:31-33:
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Who do you Love

I believe that God allowed our country to go into a financial crisis because too many people were starting to love money more than God. Too many people begin to forget the person who bought them wealth in the first place. People were starting to trust and have faith in their banks and bank accounts more than trusting God. If you are familiar with the ten commandments, then you would know that we serve a jealous God and at no point will He stand for you loving something more than you love him.

Matt 6:24
²⁴"You can't worship two gods at once. Loving one god, you'll end up hating the other. Adoration of one feeds contempt for the other. You can't worship God and Money both.

People starting losing their homes, cars, and prized possessions. God put people in situations where only He could deliver them out of. As time progressed, we being to church membership increase, and more acts of kindness. Sometimes it takes being torn down to be built back up correctly. For some people its not money that they put before God, it could be a girlfriend. Maybe it could be a job. With the economy change, we seen jobs disappear as well.
Who do you love? Who or what has your heart. Evaluate your life if your answer is not God. He loves you and wants to bless you but can't if you are not putting him first. Until Next time...

Behind the Scenes

Sometimes in your life you may feel that God is not there for you. You pray and pray, fast and read the bible daily. You try to do everything that the bible tells you to do and still nothing happens. Do not get discouraged! When it seems as though God is not doing anything for you right now, just know that HE is preparing things for you behind the scenes. HE knows that you can handle whatever it is that you are going through, you just have to know that you can get through. When the time is right, and God's timing is always right, HE will bless you and move in your life like never before. God works behind the scenes to preparing you for what HE has for you in the future. A lot of people worry about "the future" and get all stressed out, when their interpretation of the future may never come to pass. They are worrying about things that probably will not happen. That is the devil trying to keep you stressed and trying to make you curse God when you feel that nothing is going right. Keep the faith and do not worry about tomorrow because tomorrow has its own problems, worry about today only. When you think that God is not listening to you or your prayers, just know that HE is and HE is working behind the scenes preparing you for what HE has for your life. Just hold on!

Matthew 6: 30-33

^{30 -33}"If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.

Trusting through it All

At what point in your faith do you realize that God is your provider? At what point do you stop and realize that worrying about the same things are pointless considering the many times you cried out and God heard you. I had to bring that to the attention of a friend of mine.
The economy effected all of us one way or another. Yet we see now that things are turning around for the better. Well things are looking up for my friend considering he now has two jobs. Along with that he runs his own company and volunteers regularly which is not just time consuming but it is also gas consuming. His constant worry is not having enough money to keep gasing up. I pointed out that every since he started doing the Lords will for his life everything including gas has been provided for him. Every time he sees the gas gauge nearing empty he goes into a panic as if he does not know the Lord will provide.
I advised him to check Gods track record in his life and tell me a time he has never had gas to get to where he needed to go. I ask you the same thing. When has good not kept you fed or kept you warm? You can't say He doesn't love you because you are alive right now. Stop worrying! It doesn't ease or fix any problem. It's just an emotion that results in stress which in turn can physically and mentally harm you.

Matthew 6:13
"So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Until Next Time