We Have All The Rest

"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matthew 6:33).


Again, part of the answer we are looking for is the fact that so many professing Christians just want to get things from God. Anyone can write a book now that will sell - just give it a title like, "Seventeen Ways to Get Things From God!" You will have immediate sales. Or, write a book called, "Fourteen Ways to Have Peace of Mind" - and away they go by the ton. Many people seem to be interested in knowing God for what they can get out of Him.


They do not seem to know that God wants to GIVE HIMSELF!! He wants to impart Himself with His gifts. Any gift that he would give us would be incomplete if it were separate from the knowledge of God Himself.


I feel that we must repudiate this great, modern wave of seeking God for His benefits. The sovereign God wants to be loved for Himself and honored for Himself, but that is only part of what He wants. The other part is that He wants us to know that when we have Him, we have everything - we have all the rest. Jesus made that plain when He said, "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matthew 6:33).


Lord, I know that in having You I will have everything I could ever need. Just give me Yourself today, Lord, and that's enough! Amen


~A. W. Tozer~