THE GREATEST NEED OF MAN!

EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

MONDAY JANUARY 13, 2020

SUBJECT: THE GREATEST NEED OF MAN!

Memory verse: "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” (Matthew 6 vs 33.)

READ: Mark 10 vs 28 - 30:

10:28: Then Peter began to say to Him, “See, we have left all and followed You.”
10:29: So Jesus answered and said, “Assuredly, I say unto you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
10:30: Who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time—houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life.”

INTIMATION:

Human beings have always seen their greatest need as financial. Governments and their leaders, businesses, families, even churches get trapped into thinking in the same manner, and that money is the answer to every problem. Though the Bible states that "Money answers everything" (Ecclesiastes 10 vs 19), and that "Money is a defense" (Ecclesiastes 7 vs 12), but it is not the greatest need of man. The greatest need of man is God's kingdom, and His righteousness, and all other of your needs, including financial, will be added to you.

To “seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness” means to put God first in your life, to fill your thoughts with His desires, to take His character for your pattern, and to serve and obey Him in everything. God’s righteousness comes through one’s submission to His will. Seeking the kingdom of God, therefore, must always be first. God will  take care of those who seek Him first. God’s kingdom is organized differently from worldly kingdoms. In the kingdom of God, wealth and power and authority are unimportant. The only important thing in His kingdom is your relationship and fellowship with Him—submitting yourself to the will of God.

God created all things and owns all things in the world. When you put God first in all things, God will stand with you as your “Faithful Companion” in everything. Jesus said, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.” (John 14 vs 23.) When the Creator and Owner of all things have makes His home with you, all things are available to you, as you are filled with the fullness of God, and your joy in Him will be full. Joy comes from a consistent relationship with Him. When our lives are intertwined with His, He will help us walk through life a conqueror in every circumstances.

In His kingdom we experience a shelter, and a refuge. Being in His kingdom ensures His answering whenever you call upon Him, and you rest assured of His deliverance from troubles. God said, “Because he has set his love upon Me, Therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him, and show him My salvation.” (Psalm 91 vs 14 - 16.) What else can anybody want or what is greater than this? God’s love is total. It reaches every corner our experience!

The Scripture says, “For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 14 vs 17.) The kingdom of God involves relationships, relationship between God and man (justification), and man and man (peace and joy). In His kingdom, God fills you with joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit, bearing the fruit of the Spirit—the fruit of righteousness: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control” (Galatians 5 vs 22 - 23).

The fruit of the Spirit—the fruit of righteousness—is the spontaneous work of the Holy Spirit in us. The Spirit produces these character traits that are found in the nature of Christ. They are by-products of Christ’s control, and not by any efforts of ours without His help. And in the Spirit-filled life consists of the fruit of the Spirit which is in perfect harmony with the intents of God’s law. In all, we are fulfilled and above, will obtain the crown of glory, that is, external life with Him!

Prayer: Abba Father, grant me the grace to rightfully seek the greatest need of man—Your kingdom and Your righteousness—that I may have all other things added to me, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed. Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!