Making Priorities a Priority

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Today's Devotional - January 22

Making Priorities a Priority

"Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
Matthew 6:10

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[TD]Recommended Reading Deuteronomy 28:1-2
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As helpful as children's literature is to teach reading, increase comprehension, and excite the imagination, it can skew the portrayal of a critical biblical concept: the nature of a kingdom. In fantasy tales, kingdoms are controlled from castles, ruled over by kings or queens, and defended by knights on horseback. But that is not an accurate picture of the kingdom of God.

When Jesus taught His disciples to pray, "Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven," He defined the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is the place where God's will is done. That obviously includes heaven, and Jesus prayed that it would one day include earth -- which it will. The easiest way to see the kingdom of God extended on earth is for human beings to make God's priorities their priorities. When we act, think, and speak like God, we are manifesting His will in our presence. In that place, in that moment, the kingdom of God has come on earth.

As you plan your day and your week, think about priorities. How closely are your priorities aligned to the priorities of God? Where God's will is done, His blessings follow.

We live by demands when we should live by priorities.
J. A. Motyer

Read-thru-the-Bible
Exodus 21-23