"But seek the kingdom of God and all these things shall be added to you." (Luke 12:30)
On my road through life, amidst busy schedules, there seems little time to seek the kingdom of God. I often tend to think that by going to church twice every sunday, going to catechism classes, to bible study clubs and other church related activities that I'm certainly doing enough to 'seek the kingdom of God'.
However, I'm not.
By telling us to 'seek the kingdom of heaven' Jesus calls us to strive to live as citizens of His kingdom. We have been given the gift of His kingdom by grace through Christ, and now we ought to live as rightful citizens of this kingdom. This means that our entire focus on life needs to change. We are citizens of an eternal kingdom - what a great gift this is! We must show in our lives thankfulness for this wonderful gift; we must seek to live as holy citizens of this kingdom although we still live in this world.
In a materialistic world, it is so easy for our focus to change. It's so easy to worry about food, clothing, shelter (and if you always have these, then your worrying about your car insurance, home loan, what the next renovations to your house are going to look like etc.). But Jesus tells us:
"Do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on. Life is more than food and the body more than clothing...For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things." (Luke 12: 22-23, 29)
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