Matthew 6:33
Our Focus should not be on the Problem but on the Provider.
When life feels overwhelming and the weight of the world presses hard on your shoulders, Matthew 6:33 offers a calming reminder: “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” This verse invites us to shift our focus from the chaos around us to the God who holds everything together. Instead of letting anxiety rule the moment, Jesus teaches us to realign our priorities—His presence first, His peace first, His purpose first.
Episode Transcript
Thank you for joining us here on Morning Moments with
Jesus once again. And you know, as we gather each
and every day Monday through Friday for our devotions, God
has just really enriched our lives through these devotions. He's
spoke to us on many different subjects. He's brought us
together in prayer over certain subjects, encouraged us. And I've
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just really enjoyed this time spending with Jesus in the devotions.
But also, even though we can't see each other face
to face, we've spent a lot of time together in
the mornings or whenever you're able to listen to these
Morning Moments with Jesus. That has really brought encouragement to
our lives. And so this morning, as we speak on
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a subject that I believe so many of us have
dealt with at least once or twice in our lives.
And that's that feeling of being overwhelmed when you begin
to worry and wonder about things that need to be
provided for you or for your home, or for your family,
or maybe it's issues with your children, maybe it's issues
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in a marriage or finances, but we just begin to
worry and before long we seem very overwhelmed in life.
But the Lord really speaks to us, and he speaks
very clearly in Matthew chapter six. We call sometimes that
the worry chapter, when Jesus is talking about how he
provides for us. And I want to pick up this
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morning in Matthew chapter six and verse number thirty three
because it's the summary or the conclusion of a thought
process that Jesus has when it comes to the fact
that sometimes even the most devoted believers can feel overwhelmed.
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But he says in Matthew chapter six and verse thirty three,
seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness,
and all these things shall be added unto you. This
verse comes after a discourse about worrying and wondering, wondering
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about what's going to happen next or how are we
going to be provided for. Jesus speaks of the fact
that our focus should always be on the provider and
not the problem. But oftentimes in our lives we have
that reverse. We spend way too much time focused on
the problem instead of on the provider. The first word
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that comes up here in this verse that catches my
attention is the word seek. That means that the provisions
that God has for us are not always in plain sight,
and they only come through time spent with Jesus and
seeking what we can do for him, and not always
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what He can do for us. Let me make sure
we understand that this morning he said, I want you
to seek this morning, but don't seek just what I
can do for you. The Lord says, seek what you
can do for me. Also, his kingdom is higher than
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the earthly kingdoms we build for ourselves. Paul writes to
the Philippians, My God shall supply all your need according
to his riches in Glory by Christ Jesus. I want
you to notice this morning that these verses indicate the
place where we find the blessings and the provisions of God,
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in glory and in heavenly places. It indicates a higher
place than our problems and our worries. Let's be honest
this morning. We often want to call Jesus down into
our issues, but Jesus is calling us hire to bring
us out of our issues, and so we need to
focus upon Him and his kingdom today, not our own
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justification of how much we deserve or how much we need,
but seek His right way of doing things. See Righteousness
simply means right with God, and the Lord is saying
in this verse, if you just get up every day
and make sure before anything else in life that you're
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right with Me, then you won't be overwhelmed. You'll be
confident in knowing I can take care of this for you.
So the verse simply says, to focus on your relationship
with the Lord today. He knows what you need and
he shall supp reply it when it is needed the most.
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So be content with such things as you have, and
understand that God will provide all things in his timing
through Christ Jesus. I believe King David said it best
in Psalm thirty seven and verse twenty five when he
said this, I have been young and now I am old.
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Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken nor his
seed begging bread. So today don't be overwhelmed. Be overjoyed
in knowing that your God will supply what you need
when you need it, and that should be enough for us.
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No worrying, no wondering, no overwhelmed, just content with whatever
God has for us. Today. Be safe, be strong, be blessed,
but don't be overwhelmed. Amen,
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