Daily Devotion February 2--Priorities

Matthew 6:33
 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.


One of the exercises that I sometimes used when teaching psychology involved priorities.  I think it is a good exercise for all of us to do.  List your priorities in rank order--with number 1 being the most important.  Then for a week, keep a diary of how you spend your time.  Then put those in order  by the amount of time spent each day on each activity and put them in order with the one you spent the most time on first.  Now compare your two lists.  Are you surprised by what you found?

Usually when we list our priorities in order, we will put serving Jesus at the top.  But when we look at how much time we spend reading the Bible, praying, studying His Word, etc., we find a very different story.  Sometimes we get so busy with our every day lives that we just give what time we have left over to the Lord.  I am just as guilty of this as anyone.  We must make an effort to spend our time with Him, talking to Him and listening to Him.

God tells us plainly that seeking Him should be our first priority, our number one goal.  Then the other things that He sees we need will be provided for us.  I believe this is something we need to work on every single day and when we slip up, we need to remind ourselves that we want to serve Him first.

As we go through our day, let us remember to put God first in everything we do.