SEEK GOD FIRST. Matthew 6:33 KJV Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; all these things shall be added unto you. Whenever Ken and I talk about living by faith, I know there are some people who think, OH, THATS EASY FOR YOU. YOURE PREACHERS. YOU HAVE IT MADE! And in some ways, we do. We have it made because our calling demands that we give God our attention, and giving God our attention always brings success. But we havent always lived that way. In fact, the first time I ever saw Kenneth Copeland, he was about as far from a preacher as I figured you could get. He flew planes and sang in nightclubs. As for me, I was a college girl who said she would never marry a preacher and who had never even heard about the new birth. Right after we got married, Ken went into a business enterprise that we thought was going to make us rich. So I quit my job and went to work for this new company. Two weeks later it folded. We ended up sleeping on a rented rollaway bed that sagged in the middle. We had a wrought-iron coffee table Ken made in high school and a black and white TV. Nothing else. No refrigerator. No stove. I cooked in my coffeepot and an electric skillet and used a cardboard box on the porch to keep our food cold. We were flat broke. Unemployed. Deeply in debt. I had nowhere to go. No furniture. No nothing. Then one day I picked up the Bible Kens mother had given him for birthday. In the front shed written this verse, Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. I turned and read Matthew 6. It said God cared for the birds. For the first time in my life it got into my heart that God cared where I was and what I was doing. I figured if He cared for birds, He cared for me! I knelt in that bare room and told Jesus that if He could do anything with my life, He could certainly have it. Thats all I remember saying. I had no idea I had just been born again. Two weeks later Ken found a new job. We moved to a new furnished apartment and bought a better car. In the midst of it all, something else happened - Ken got born again. Dont worry if you dont have it made. We certainly didnt when all this started. Just stick with God and let Him make you. He is a good God who is good to all (Psalm 145:9). Make a decision in your heart to seek Him first. Then all the other things will be added. SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 128. From faith to faith, a daily guide to victory by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:42:09 +0000
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