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Putting God First

I know that I have written about a similar topic before but I feel this is one that should be mentioned more than once, as we often forget. Life gets busy and we often forget to take time and put God first. Today I found a verse that reminds us of this perfectly, Mathew 6:24 says. "No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one or love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other, you cannot be slaves of God and Money". This is saying that those of us dedicated to the Lord cannot be obsessed with money, aka greedy. We need to trust the Lord completely even with our finances and if we are greedy with money than we are not giving ourselves over completely to him. This can be difficult because it means giving up control but if we cant trust the King of the world with our lives, than who can we trust? We have to be willing to give up everything to follow him, then and only than are we truly putting him first. Today I want you to ask yourself,in what areas are you not putting God first in your life? What are some aspects of control that you haven't given to him but you need to? I challenge you to pray, pray that God helps you work through this loss of control and for him to pull you closer in your walk with him. Truly and fully surrender, then watch change begin to bloom in your life and watch yourself begin to spiritually prosper like never before.

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