His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.
Why would anyone look anywhere else
first? Because they have no revelation of
the fact that God through Jesus, and
Jesus through
THE Holy Spirit is our
source of everything. We know that's the
truth because the Holy Spirit said
through the Apostle Paul, in his letter to
his partners: "My God shall supply all your
need according to his riches in glory by
Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:19).
In studying first things first, I read about a
man who, during the Great Depression,
owned a very large company. He had
come to the place where he was
overwhelmed by so many problems that
he wasn't solving any of them. He
contacted a very successful business
consultant, and his answer was this:
"Make a list of the 10 most important
problems you have. Then, decide which
of those 10 is the most important. Work
on that problem until you have done all
you can do, or it's solved.
Then, and only
then, go to the second thing on your list.
Instruct your staff and employees to do
the same."
Regarding the advice, the consultant
told the man: "Pay me what you think it's
worth."
After several months, I believe it was
three to six months, the man sent the
business consultant a check for $25,000.
Remember now, this was 1930. In today's
money, that's over $300,000.
He just
simply put first things first.
As we saw earlier, Jesus said in Matthew
6:33, "SEEK ye first the kingdom of God."
Now, let's read what He said in Matthew
6:9-10:
So many people came out of 2020
needing things—things necessary for
everyday life—and not having any earthly
idea what to do or
where those things
would come from. So, where do they
come from? For the believer they come
from
THE kingdom of GOD.
Psalm 145 is my favourite of all the
Psalms. Let's begin with verses 8 and 9
(AMPC):
8 THE LORD IS GRACIOUS AND FULL OF
COMPASSION, SLOW TO ANGER AND
ABOUNDING IN MERCY AND LOVING-
KINDNESS.
9 THE LORD IS GOOD TO ALL, AND HIS
TENDER MERCIES ARE OVER ALL HIS
WORKS [THE ENTIRETY OF THINGS
CREATED].
Did you see that? Look at verse 9
again:
9 THE LORD IS GOOD TO ALL, AND HIS
TENDER MERCIES ARE OVER ALL HIS
WORKS [THE ENTIRETY OF THINGS
CREATED].
12 TO MAKE KNOWN TO THE SONS OF
MEN HIS MIGHTY ACTS, AND THE
GLORIOUS MAJESTY OF HIS KINGDOM.
13 THY KINGDOM IS AN EVERLASTING
KINGDOM, AND THY DOMINION
ENDURETH THROUGHOUT ALL
GENERATIONS.
He's good to ALL. His tender mercies are
over all His works.
THE ENTIRETY of
Things created!
Now look at verses 12 and 13 and get
ready to shout.