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Our focus in the last two messages has been on the verse in Matthew 6:33, But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.



The first part of the verse is about seeking the kingdom of God. Seeking the kingdom of God has everything to do with seeking the king, and the king is King Jesus. He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords (Revelation 17:14). The kingdom is that spiritual kingdom on earth as well as in Heaven. [Matthew 6:10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.] We need to learn to seek His Face (relationship) instead of seeking His hand (provision). If you have a relationship with the King, you will have access to all of the provisions of the King! 



The second part of the verse is about seeking His righteousness which is also a key ingredient in our relationship with Jesus. Righteousness is simply doing what is “right in God’s eyes!”. As human beings, we have a tremendous capacity to convince ourselves that what we want, is what the Lord wants. We quite easily rationalize and justify our behavior and wind up doing and saying things contrary to what Jesus calls us to. The scriptures are filled with God’s plans, purposes, and pursuits for us, but we often insist on doing what is “right in our own eyes!”



The third part of the verse contains the promise. Matthew 6:33, “all these things shall be added to you.” Jesus is speaking of all of our earthly needs. However, this promise is conditional on doing “first things first”, the first two things, Seek King Jesus first and seeking His righteousness! Keep in mind that while the promise is conditional His love is unconditional!Show More




The Holy Spirit 



As a Born-again Believer Jesus speaks to us, teaches us and guides us through the Holy Spirit. Remember you are the temple of the Holy Spirit and He actually lives in you (1 Corinthians 6:19). The Holy Spirit is not a thing or an it, He is the third person of the Triune God. The Holy Spirit is a person! Your spirit has been made alive and therefore is able to communicate with the Holy Spirit of God. This is the key to relationship – communication. Communication is defined as “an exchange of information”. This means it is a dialogue not a monologue; two-way interaction.



God was and is intentional and proactive…



The Lord always makes the first move:



Proof 1: sending Jesus. John 3:16, For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.Proof 2: Drawing us to Himself. John 6:44, No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.Proof 3: Putting His Holy Spirit in us. 2 Corinthians 1:22, who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.



If the Lord is being proactive then, we who are made in His image, need to be proactive too. Throughout the Old and New Testaments, the Lord is beseeching us to seek Him. For example, Jeremiah 19:11, For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.



The Lord has a plan and purpose for you, and it is clear from verse 11 that it is a good one. Verse 12 tells us that if we seek Him, He will hear us. That’s a promise! Finally, in verse 13 is the promise that we will find Him if we seek Him with all of our hearts. Seeking means being intentional or proactive!



Seeking Him…



Matthew chapter 7 gives clear a picture of what the Lord expects from us as evidence that we are seeking Him. Keep in mind the following; The Jews in Jesus’ day thought by virtue of the promise to Abraham and the fact

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