Faith’s Check Book
By Charles H. Spurgeon
GOD FIRST, THEN EXTRAS
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his
righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" Matthew 6:33
See how the Bible opens: "In the beginning God."
Let your life open in the same way. Seek with your whole soul, first and
foremost, the kingdom of God, as the place of your citizenship, and His
righteousness as the character of your life. As for the rest, it will come from
the Lord Himself without your being anxious concerning it. All that is needful
for this life and godliness "shall be added unto you."
What a promise this is! Food, raiment, home, and so forth,
God undertakes to add to you while you seek Him. You mind His business, and He
will mind yours. If you want paper and string, you get them given in when you
buy more important goods; and just so all that we need of earthly things we
shall have thrown in with the kingdom. He who is an heir of salvation shall not
die of starvation; and he who clothes his soul with the righteousness of God
cannot be left of the Lord with a naked body. Away with carking care. Set all
your mind upon seeking the Lord. Covetousness is poverty, and anxiety is
misery: trust in God is an estate, and likeness to God is a heavenly
inheritance. Lord, I seek thee, be found of me.
Thought’s for the Quiet Hour
The eleven disciples went … into a mountain where Jesus had
appointed them.… Jesus came and spake unto them saying … Go ye and teach all
nations
Matthew 28:16, 18, 19
The considerable actions in the world have usually very
small beginnings. Of a few letters, how many thousand words are made! Of ten
figures, how many thousand numbers! A point is the beginning of all geometry. A
little stone flung into a pond makes a little circle, then a greater, till it
enlarges itself to both the sides. So from small beginnings God doth cause an
efflux through the whole world.
Charnock
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