How To Make The Rest Of Your Life The Best Of Your Life

Psalm 90:12; Matthew 6:33

HOW TO MAKE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE THE BEST OF YOUR LIFE

There is an old saying that, "You are never too old to learn." Here is one lesson that you're never too old to learn: "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”(Psa. 90:12) Now, what that means is this: "Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; help us to spend them as we should."

Someone said that life is like a dollar bill. You can spend it any way you want to, but you can only spend it once.

Now when you spend money there is really only one of two ways you can spend it. You can waste it, or you can invest it. The same thing is true with life.

Now whether you are young or old, six or sixty, healthy and wealthy, big or little, you can make the rest of your life the best of your life.

Suppose you were starting life all over. You are old enough to know right from wrong. You are old enough to learn, old enough to love, old enough to really live. If you could ask the Lord Jesus Christ how to make the rest of your life the best of your life, what do you think He would say? I don't think we have to wonder, I think I know.

"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." (Mt. 6:33) I think you can summarize what Jesus said here in three words: "first things first." Now I know that sounds simple, but I want to tell you that if you, beginning today, would consciously, continuously, constantly, and consistently put first things first, it would absolutely transform your life. The formula for how to do that is found in this tremendous statement from the mouth of Jesus.

I. SET PROPER PRIORITIES

Everything rises and falls right here. If your priorities are not in order, your life will not be in order. If your priorities are not right, you won't be right. You don't have to pray about what your number one priority in life ought to be. You don't have to think about it. You don't have to discuss it. You don't have to look for it.

You just have to do it. Because Jesus has already told us what our first priority ought to be, "seek ye first the kingdom of God."

The word seek here means to "actively pursue" or "to go after." It's in the present tense. It means continuously. Every day of your life you ought to seek first the kingdom of God.

In order to seek the kingdom, you must first seek the King. Because you cannot have a kingdom without a king. The first priority of your life ought to be to seek the King of the kingdom.

Did you know that the Believers life is more than just excepting the Lord, it is seeking the Lord.

The Lord is not just someone you passively accept. He is someone you actively seek. I can tell you something about your relationship with God at this very moment without really even knowing you. I can tell how much of God you have - you have all of God that you want.

God does not have any favorites, but He does have intimates. James 4:8 says, "Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you" God has promised in his word, "And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” (Jer. 29:13)

It's not enough to seek the Lord. You must seek Him first. Jesus said, "seek first the kingdom of God." First things first means putting the Father first. The Bible says in Heb. 11:6, "Without faith it is impossible to please him."

Do you know what faith is? Faith is putting the Father first. Let me tell you something. Jesus does not want a place in your life. Jesus does not even want prominence in your life. Jesus wants preeminence in your life.

Jesus wants the first moments of everyday. Jesus wants the first day of every week. Jesus wants the first part of every paycheck. He wants to be first.

The Lord Jesus Christ is not interested in being the first runner-up in your life. It means a person that did not become first place but did well enough to get a prize. i.e. Second Place. No, He wants to be the King on the throne of your heart, not a co-pilot.

Not only are we to seek the King, we ought to seek the kingdom. The kingdom of God ought to be the obsession of your life. The word kingdom there literally means rule or reign. A kingdom is a place where a king rules. To seek the kingdom of God is to seek the rule and the reign of God over your entire life.