Seek GOD's Kingdom!

 

Seek GOD’s Kingdom!

 

Matthew 6:33 “You, seek first The Kingdom of GOD and His Righteousness and all these things will be added to you.

Matthew 7:7-8, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For, everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.”

Matthew 13:45-46 “Again, The Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.”

 

Matthew 6:33 is about seeking GOD and because you put GOD first He supplies all that you need (not want). In many modern translations the “you” is left out, but the “you” is an imperative. Without the “you” it is just a statement, with the “you” it is a command. Study 6:25-34

 

Matthew 7:7-8 is mostly misunderstood, many believe that this is about getting stuff from GOD when it is actually being Blessed by GOD for seeking Him.  JESUS compares GOD’s Gift giving to ours, ours is about natural things, GOD’s is about eternal things, then commands us to treat others as we want to be treated. Study 7:7-12

 

Matthew 13:45-46 is about seeking GOD, the reward is in giving up your life to find and acquire GOD’s Kingdom. The story about the hidden treasure, it’s like the man just stumbled upon it, but why was he wandering through a field that was not his? He was looking for something, even if he did not know what it was. In the story of the great pearl the man was seeking it then gave everything to have it. This is what JESUS calls us to do, give up our life for His; Mark 8:34-38.  Study 13:44-52

 

In all of these parable examples of GOD’s provision it starts with the seeker. These are not about the point of salvation; most lost people do not seek GOD’s Kingdom or Righteousness. This is about once we are saved we then must start seeking GOD’s Kingdom and Righteousness!

 

This is what Paul was saying to the Philippians in 2:12-13, (paraphrased) “Now that you are saved you must work at staying saved, you cannot sit around and wait for GOD to Bless you, you must seek it by your new lifestyle, that is His Will.” Study 2:1-18

 

And none of these say that it will happen right away, which is what people want. All of GOD’s promises are “Yes” and “Amen”, but they are not promised immediately (Psalm 37:34; Isaiah 40:31; Romans 8:18-25; Philippians 3:20-21).