Everything in it's time!

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matthew 6:33)
Many of us find ourselves in a position that is in stark contrast to what we imagine our lives should, or could, be. Every day is a struggle, just to make it through the day. For those of us who are married, there is a constant juggling act between the children, the job, the housework and spouse, and a more often than not oversized circle of friends, relatives and social and civic commitments. We are tired, frustrated, angry and fed up. And tomorrow we'll be even more tired, frustrated, angry and fed up. So how did we get here? God's word says, "my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge". And that's the key. We don't know, we don't know, we don't know.

We don't know who we are, we don't know where we're going... So how do we start to figure out what we don't know? We begin with, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and ALL these things will be added unto you". Such a simple, yet profound, scripture, yet it is the first step in our lifelong journey to destiny. To seek God's kingdom means to find out what the universe (you can call it the heart or mind of God) is revealing to you, concerning you. The truth that is hidden in it, concerning you. The Bible says that "before we were formed in our mother's womb, I knew you." Which means, there was a plan for us even before we were born. This plan was imbedded in our spirits, in our soul. But we have to seek it out, by paying attention, being watchful, prayerful, listening to our own inner voice (our own passions, our dreams). This is what Jesus meant in the Garden of Gethsemane when he said "watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation." Pay attention.

Unfortunately, rather than seeking God's kingdom FIRST, and allowing the things to be added to us, we tend to go after the things first. And this is where we begin to go wrong. Because the "things" are not what will make us happy (things like a good job, great career, awesome marriage, perfect children, etc). The things, in fact, can make us quite miserable. Because going after the "things" mean that we have entered a rat race that we can never win. The boundaries do not remain the same, they keep changing depending on all sorts of crazy stuff, like how old we are, or who we are trying to impress! But if we seek the Kingdom of God first , delight ourselves in him, what happens? We begin to be aware of what is really inside us. Then we begin to know our own true desires and dreams, those born out of nothing but our own spirits.

Once we have reached this place, where we know what we want, we know where we're going, and we know what's good for us, then we can begin to go in that direction. It is still the responsibility of every individual to make sure that the path they are on is the right one for them. It is the responsibility of parents to give our children wings and teach them to fly; but in the end each person will make the decision to lift those wings and fly, and decide in what direction to fly. And when the time is right, we'll soar.

"And God has made everything beautiful in it's time" (Eccl. 3:11)
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven" (Eccl. 3:1)