Verse of the Week: Seek First

Matthew 6:33

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness;

and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 6:33

When I read this verse in the wee hours of the morning - (5 something to be exact) I went in and looked for context. Reading the previous verses of Matthew 6 I found that is the portion of scripture where Jesus is talking about how God sees the lilies of the field and the birds of the sky and how he takes care of them. I don't know why but whenever the Lord speaks to me - even though it might be something I have already been taught before - my mind is completely BLOWN! 

For the past month I have been a complete worrywart. Gotta think about CYIA... Gotta think about cleaning the house... Gotta think about how I'm going to this....Plans plans plans! I need a plan B to my plan B. NOTHING CAN GO WRONG.... ever. I spent a tremendous amount of time having panic attacks too - like a whole week of my life was spent panicking over everything. Literally everything. I would wake up in the middle of the night and just go into a panic attack episode. I would come to work and go into a panic attack episode. It was exciting and this morning at 5 something I realized -

I don't have to carry the weight of the world with me everyday.

Why? Because I have a God who already said that I don't need to. He tells me to look at the flowers, many of which are never seen by human eyes, he clothes them. He shows me the birds outside my window, who never go hungry, he feeds them. And if he can take care of all the flowers and all the birds - I'm pretty sure he can take care of me. But I need to seek him first. 

Because when I seek him - Jesus says that I'll find him and not only that he's going to take care of me and all my little worries. There is a phrase he constantly speaks over me and it's this: 

You are mine and I always take care of what is mine. 

I just have to believe him.