21 Days of Deep LivingSample

Above All

Have you ever gotten to the place in your life where it feels like you are trying everything in your own strength, trying to really figure out how you get from A to B but nothing seems to work?

You are tired of waiting on God so you’ve almost, consciously or unconsciously, told God to take a back seat whilst you figure out your next steps.

In being in this place, you’ve probably also realized or will soon realize that moving in your own effort is useless as it almost feels like you keep hitting a brick wall. When we get to a place where we have taken situations into our hands, we no longer trust in the Character of God. If the Father promises that He works things out for our good, why do we fail to believe this to the point that we believe our way is better? We must remember that our way, as a created being, will never be better than the Creator’s.

When it comes to God’s Kingdom, there is a clear priority order of how things work as shown in our anchor Scripture. Christ first, everything else is secondary. For simplicity's sake, it’s the ingredients needed for a recipe - Christ has to be first. We must intentionally choose to walk in this Truth; where seeking Christ is our daily priority, meditating on His Word and walking with Christ throughout the day, in complete submission to Him and attentive to the leading of the Spirit. May we get to a place where our decision-making, our emotions and feelings, and the way we treat others come from the perspective of complete submission to Christ; where we walk with God despite the cost or despite what the situation looks like.

This is our worship. Oftentimes we are chasing or fervently seeking something other than God. It may be love, it may be acceptance, it may be money, it may be a new job, however, there is a problem when we seek the gifts of God as opposed to the Giver and Creator Himself. It becomes idolatry.

Prioritizing the Father is our saying a few of the following things to the Father:

• You are worth everything and I value nothing else above You.
• In You, I have everything I need and I am satisfied with You.
• I believe Your Way is better even if the situation looks contrary to what I am trusting You for
• You are Jehovah Jireh - You provide.

The beautiful thing about seeking Christ first is that as much as He is worthy of it, there is also a work being done in us whilst we do so. Our desires are being realigned with the Lord’s so that our will begins to align with His. When we begin to bring our heart’s desires before His Feet and consult God first, He will begin to speak to us about them, sometimes realigning our “why” for wanting them, sifting away certain desires that do not align with His Will or simply giving us the strength to wait - all for His Glory. Without the seeking of Christ first, we may chase after things that aren’t in accordance with His Will, which may lead to settling for second best, instead of seeking God first and waiting for His Promise.