Meditate On
Be Safe for Success—Keep Your Eyes on Jesus
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,
and all these things shall be added to you.
Matthew 6:33
The Word of God says, “But seek first the kingdom of God
and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” Now, what
is the kingdom of God? The apostle Paul tells us in Romans 14:17 that the
kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but “righteousness and peace and joy
in the Holy Spirit.”
When you keep your eyes fixed on Jesus and pursue the
kingdom of God, which is Jesus’ righteousness, His peace and His joy, God’s
Word promises that “all these things” will be added to you. “These things”
refer to what you will eat, drink and wear. Jesus tells us that you do not have
to be consumed by these concerns. If your Father feeds even the birds of the
air, even though they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, how much more
will He take care of you, who are of much more value to Him than the birds
(Matthew 6:25–32)!
Beloved, keep your eyes on Jesus and His finished work on
the cross. He will add the things that you need in this life to you and cause
you to become safe for success. Now, turn with me to the Book of Jeremiah to
see what the Lord says about having riches, wisdom and might.
“Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the
mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; but let
him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the
Lord who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for I
delight in these things,” declares the Lord.
—Jeremiah 9:23–24, NASB
Let us be a people who will not depend on our own wisdom,
might and riches (in summary, our own merits), but rather, let our boasting
(dependence) be in understanding and knowing Jesus. Know that He is gracious
and full of unmerited favor toward us. Know that He executes justice against
all injustices. Know that He Himself is righteousness and He clothes us with
His robes of righteousness. The more you focus on beholding Jesus in all His
loveliness and the less you struggle to earn things by your own merits, the
more you become safe for greater success in your life.
BLESSINGS
JOSEPH PRINCE
