“.. But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”
Matthew 6:33
Sisters in Christ,
Do you ever wonder to yourself what you wanted to be ‘when you grow up’? Have you ever thought of what God’s will for your life was? In our new ohana group series, we are going through the book study, Experiencing God. It has been chocked full of insight into how God moves in the lives of his people. As Christians, we usually start our walks by asking God what we should do with our lives, but through this study, we find that we should instead ask God how we can join in what He is doing.
God is always moving around us, but all too often we can be so focused on our own needs or schedules that we get distracted from what He is doing right in front of us. Jesus was always about the Father’s will and we can see this in John 5:17, 19-20:
“My Father is always at His work to this very day, and I, too, am working. I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. For the Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. Yes, to your amazement he will show him even greater things than these.”
Jesus, our High Priest and perfect example, always looked to His Father and followed what God was already working on. In His darkest moments he called out to the Father, “..not my will, but Your will be done” (Luke 22:42). Jesus was perfectly surrendered, was constantly seeking where His Father was working, and was quick to join in what the Fathers will and work was. We see that this joyful obedience was a result of the love between the Father and the Son (John 5:20).
God, our Heavenly Father, loves to show what He is doing and what He is about. When we humble ourselves, release our worries and anxieties to Him, and then truly seek His Kingdom, it is then that we are able to join in His Will and the amazing work He is accomplishing in and around us. As we look to Him and His righteousness, then we will follow in the footsteps of Jesus and find our truest joy, love and fulfillment in walking with the Father. Let’s pray for our sisters this month to lay aside the distractions, and to seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, knowing that it will lead to the life that Jesus promised, life to the fullest.
In His grace,
Jaime Angel