DCFC Online 28th November - First Things First - Ps Murray Tomlinson

2, Matthew 6:25-33, NKJV, DO NOT WORRY 

Matthew 6:30-34 (NKJV) Do Not WORRY ABOUT PROVISION.
³⁰ Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
³¹ Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
³² For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.  [Matt 6:7-8]
³³ But seek FIRST the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.  

³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. 

(IF WE CAN get STUFF OUT of Our HEART, . . . GOD CAN PUT it INTO Our HAND) SO Seek GOD FIRST, Not THINGS, PEOPLE, & STUFF, for HE Knows what you need for your Life. He Has Your Needs and Best Interests at Heart.

MATTHEW 6:7-8, (NKJV) Look at This Verse . . . .
⁷ And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.
⁸ Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. STORIES    (Mt Hagen Honda 125, 1973)

Put Up PICTURE of ASTRID AND MYSELF TAKEN JULY 1974.  Just A Few Days Later, Walking up to the FORE MISSION Church On a WEDNESDAY NIGHT, On my way to the Church Service….. GOD SPOKE To ME……. Saying…

IT’s EITHER ME OR THE GIRL…. YOU DECIDE? X 8

What HE was Saying Was, . . . I’m Not Going To SHARE FIRST PLACE (ON The Throne) Of Your HEART WITH HER.

The Next Morning I Broke Up with Astrid for Approximately 1 Week.  After about 1 Week, God Spoke to me and Said, “Now I KNOW You Love Me MORE than THE GIRL, You Can HAVE HER In Your LIFE NOW.” …..Phew !

GOD WAS TESTING WHERE My Heart was AT.

HE MUST BE FIRST IN OUR LIVES, OR WE have NO Meaningful RELATIONSHIP With HIM.  HE WANTS to BE the LOVE OF OUR HEARTS and LIVES, and Not Some Silent 3rd Party In Our Marriages. HE WON”T Play 2^nd Fiddle to Any Thing, OR Anyone Else. HE’S GOD.   He Must Rule on the THRONE of Our Hearts, if HE is to Be OUR LORD.  

Genesis 22, is The Story Of Abraham and Isaac, going Up the Mountain, WHAT GOD WAS WANTING, Was Abrahams HEART, & NOT Isaac’s LIFE,  SO WHEN ABRAHAM RAISED THE KNIFE in Obedience To God, In That VERY MOMENT, Abrahams HEART WAS REVEALED, And instantly A Substitute Sacrifice Suddenly APPEARED. You See ….. GOD WANTS TO BE OUR 1st LOVE. Not Our 2^nd LOVE.

MATTHEW 6:32, ³² For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
God Knows What You Will NEED FOR YOUR LIFE before YOU DO. Matt 6:8, 

And HE will Provide, IF WE KEEP HIM FIRST In Our Hearts.

Verse 34, ³³ But Seek FIRST the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.  FOOD PROVIDED AT Mt Hagen, 

SEEK FIRST HIS WILL, Not Yours,  HIS FELLOWSHIP and HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS In Your Life, and GOD Will MAKE SURE Your Material Needs are MET.  

SO...FIRST THINGS FIRST, GOD FIRST. .

HE JUST WANTS TO BE LOVED BY YOU WITH ALL YOUR HEART.

If we can LEARN the Lesson of Contentment, along with Dependence Upon HIM, as Our Provider, ….. HE will ADD to You, as You are Able to Handle IT.