Greetings:
In the card game 'Poker', when you declare to be 'all in', you are doing just that. You are wagering all of your available chips on the stock or worth of a particular hand.
You are betting on your hand to be better than anyone else's hand that is sitting around the table in confident hope of winning the 'pot' or the prize of the game.
In our Christian walk, are we 'all in' for God?
Is God first and foremost in our lives?
I read a quote recently and I don't know its origin, but it says, “Following Christ isn't something that can be done half-heartedly or on the side. It's not a label we can display when it's useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.”
In Matthew 6:33 there is a familiar scripture that says, “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you”
When we look at these words of Jesus, we immediately find them to be the some of the most revolutionary that human ears have ever heard. “
It says “Seek first the kingdom of God.”
Do we seek the kingdom of God first?
The great concern of many is our own personal lives, not the kingdom of God.
Jesus reversed the order by telling us to get the right relationship with God first, maintaining it as the primary concern of our lives, and never to place our concern on taking care of the other things of life.
It does make sense.
In Mark 12:30, Jesus, when asked to identify God’s greatest commandment, quoted an ancient Hebrew text and said, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
When our priorities are right, God is able to open doors that no one can shut.
Are we 'all in' for God?
Be blessed.
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