#005 Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God - 86 Seconds Video Devotional - Gary Wilkerson

We're looking at these a 86 seconds, 1/1000th of your day, 864,000 seconds in a day. We're going to take a little bit of those 86 seconds just to focus in and center in on Jesus.

I was looking at Matthew 6: Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. He said something disturbing here, “Don't lay up treasures on earth.” When I think of that, I think of my responsibility as a father and I say, “But I have to have insurance and I have to have a retirement. I have to have a savings account and I have to have a car and house payments.” So it seems like there are some treasures that I need on earth.

Well, Jesus goes on to say something later on that brings the reality and the fullness of this when he says, “but seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all these other things will be added unto you.“ So when he’s talking about treasures, he’s not saying don't have any treasures. He’s saying don't seek them first. Don't store them up in your heart, because where your heart is there your treasure will be. There's something more important than the treasures of the riches of the earth, of your home, of your car, even of the security for your family, because our security lies in Jesus.

He closes off this section by saying that in the last days there's going to be difficult times. He goes on to say that “sufficient is that day for its own trouble.” So there's going to be trouble tomorrow. And if you have your eyes focused on the treasures of this world, that trouble is just going to increase. But if you keep your eyes focused on Jesus, he adds all these other things to you and you don't have to worry about them. All you have to do is focus in on him. You seek first, then your good, good Father takes care of all your other needs, but your heart is focused on Jesus first.