Prayer

August 14. 2015

Devotions:

“"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. "For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?' For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. "So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:24-34‬ ‭NASB‬‬

        Too often we think is all about me.  Just about getting my needs met.  Yes God wants to meet our meeds richly and abundantly but our focus is not to be on getting our needs met but on first of all our relationship with Him. In seeking first His kingdom we must realize where that kingdom is and what it is. A kingdom is the domain in which a king reigns.  Is Jesus Lord of your life? God has absolute rule in heaven and all we expect to be there is good, no pain, no lack, no sighing, no crying.  That is the kingdom of God.  Where is it?

          “Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭

17:21

‬ ‭KJV‬‬        

        So the kingdom of God is within we who have been born again.  Seeking first His kingdom is to seek to know the reality of God within us and the rightstanding that He has given us so that we can dwell in His presence.  This is the first order of prayer.  From there we will receive prayer commissions from God for which to pray .  Our needs are met because of our intimact with Him, we ask and we are totally conficent that those needs are met.  Our prayers then are 1. to pray God's will into the earth.  2. to stand against the onslaught of the enemy, satan.