“But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Deuteronomy 4:29
“God first.” That’s a saying I have uttered more times than I could ever count. It’s also a statement I have heard more than enough believers say as often as necessary. You are probably one who has said it too.
But Is God really first? Does God really come before any and everything else?
Do your thoughts, your words, your deeds, your attitudes, your behaviors, your friendships and alliances, your job, your career, your lifestyle, and all that encompass your individual air, all put God first?
Or does God just come first when you feel the world needs to hear a believer say, “God first?”
Do we even really know what it means?
Friend, if you are like me, you acknowledge that God wants to be in EVERYTHING we do. God wants to ALWAYS lead us EVERYWHERE we go. So why do we struggle to practice what we so boldly preach?
The word of God is indeed light to our path, but what light or illusion of light leads us when we are not actively living on the WORD that says to put God first?
Before the amazing grace that opened my sight to see the light through the eyes of the Savior, I too in an absent mind professed that God was first. I professed that God was priority over everything else in my life. I know now that my words could not have been farther from the truth.
The truth was, I wanted God to be first. I also wanted to be in control of my life. I wanted God to always lead and for nothing or anyone to hinder my intimacy with our heavenly Father. I also wanted the alluring enjoyment of worldly pleasures that looked too good on the outside to ignore. I thank God for His grace and wisdom to surrender.
