"Jesus taught that a disciple has to make his relationship to God the dominating concentration of his life, and to be carefully careless about every thing else in comparison to that." (Oswald Chambers)
I like the words "carefully careless" in this reading. I am not to be so careless that I don't eat or drink what I should, that I look so sloppy as to be an embarrassment to others, or that I care so little about my earthly affairs that I endanger others, but that I put these second to seeking God. Spending my time in constant worry about these items is wrong, because He says that if I seek Him first of all, He will take care of my needs.
The priorities of my life should be in the proper order. The focus should be on Him and not on me, on His will and not mine. The words of the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6 give us the proper order in our lives, "Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done", with the emphasis on Thy.
Can I be careful to put God first in my life and be carefully careless as to my own position? Can I fully trust God in all things and not be overly concerned about my situation?
Could I really?
No comments:
Post a Comment