Priority!
GOD made man in His Image and Likeness and gave him
responsibility over His creation; that is our first responsibility! “So GOD
created man in His Own Image; in The Image of GOD He created him; male and
female He created them. Then GOD Blessed them, and GOD said to them, ‘Be
fruitful and multiply; Fill the earth and Subdue it; have Dominion over the
fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that
moves about on the earth.’” The first thing GOD told Adam was, “Blessed” that
is Highly Favored; “have lots of children and as you fill the earth bring it
into order.” (Genesis 1:27-28)
GOD Saved Noah and his family from the destruction of the
earth and all life and gave them the priority of fulfilling Adam’s failed priority,
“So GOD Blessed Noah and his sons and said to them: ‘Be fruitful and multiply
and fill the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every
beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth,
and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.’” (Genesis 9:1-2)
GOD called Abraham to become a nation (Israel) through his
descendants; “Now The LORD had said to Abram: ‘Get out of your country, from
your family and from your father’s house to a land I will show you. I will make
you a great nation; I Will Bless you and make your name Great; and you shall be
a Blessing. I Will Bless those who Bless you, and I Will Curse him who curses
you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be Blessed.’…And The LORD
said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: ‘Lift your eyes now and look
from the place where you are – northward, southward, eastward and westward; for
all the land that you see I Give to you and your descendants Forever. And I
Will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could
number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered.
(Genesis 12:1-3, 13:14-16)
Israel’s priority was to present Yahweh as the Only True GOD,
The GOD of Creation, Power and Grace, but they failed. “This day The LORD your
GOD Commands you to Obey and Observe these Statutes and Judgments; therefore
you will be careful to Observe Them with all your heart and with all your soul.
Today you have Proclaimed The LORD to be your GOD, and that you will walk in
his Ways and keep His Statutes, His Commandments and His Judgments, and you
will Obey His Voice. Also today The LORD has Proclaimed you to be His special
People, just as He Promised you, that you should Keep all His Commandments, and
that He Will set you high above all nations, which He has made, in Praise, in
Name and in Honor, and that you may be a Holy People to The LORD your GOD, just
as He has Spoken.” (Deuteronomy 26:16-19)
JESUS’ priority was to present Yahweh; The GOD of Creation,
Power and Love as The Heavenly Father of Eternal Salvation. He succeeded! “For
by Grace you have been Saved by Faith, and that not of yourselves; it is The Gift
of GOD, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His Workmanship,
Created in CHRIST JESUS for Good Works, which GOD Prepared Beforehand (Psalm
139:13-18) that we should walk in them.” (Ephesians 2:8-10)
The Church – The Body of CHRIST’s priority is to proclaim the
Good News of Salvation through JESUS CHRIST and to make disciples of the
nations of the earth. “Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the
table, and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, for they did not
believe those who had seen Him after He had Risen; and He said to them: ‘Go
into all the world and Preach The Gospel to every creature. He who believes and
is Baptized will be Saved; but those who do not believe will be condemned. And
these signs will follow those who believe: In My Name they will cast out
demons, they will speak with New Tongues; they will take up serpents and if
they drink anything deadly it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands
on the sick and they will recover.’” (Mark 16:14-18) “And JESUS came and spoke
to them saying, ‘All Authority has been Given to Me in Heaven and on earth. Go
therefore and make Disciples of all the nations, Baptizing them in The Name of
The Father and of The Son and of The HOLY SPIRIT, Teaching them to Observe all
things that I have Commanded you; and lo, I Am with you always, even to the end
of the age. Amen!” (Matthew 28:18-19)
Every Believer has a Call and Destiny from GOD, each of us
has the priority to Seek and Obey our Call. “You, Seek First The Kingdom of GOD
and His Righteousness and all these things will be added to you!” (Matthew 6:33)
“And we know that All Things work together for Good to Those who Love GOD, to
Those who Are the Called According to His Purpose. For whom He Foreknew, He
also Predestined to be Conformed to the Image of His Son, that He might be the Firstborn
among many Brethren. Moreover those He Predestined He also Called; whom He
Called He also Justified; and whom He Justified, these He also Glorified.” “For
The Gifts and The Calling of GOD are Irrevocable.” (Romans 8:28-30; 11:29)
“Therefore brethren, be even more diligent to Make your Call
and Election Sure, for if you do these things (2 Peter 1:1-9) you will never
stumble; for so an Entrance Will be Supplied to you Abundantly into The
Everlasting Kingdom of our LORD and Savior JESUS CHRIST.” (2 Peter 1:10-11)
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