Whilst musing over our heavenly Father’s majesty I was reminded of this verse, and on booting up my PC I found Chris G Bennett had only just posted on Facebook…

SEEK FIRST

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”  Matthew 6:33 KJV

You know, some lessons are simple and easy to learn. Others are more complex and therefore harder to learn. Not many are as easy and simple as this, yet virtually never learned!

You hear the mantra at nearly every prayer meeting – “We want revival.” “Lord send revival.” “Give us revival, God.”

This is actually in direct disobedience to Matthew 6:33 – “Seek FIRST . . . “ The main problem is we either seek second, or third, or not at all but we almost ‘demand’ revival! Many don’t bother with this first step at all, they just boldly announce “We’re having revival – here – Sunday and Wednesday!”

Goodness gracious – the sheer arrogance of that, presuming upon God almost like He is there to do their bidding, in their time, and to their agenda – ‘here first and nowhere else!’

Wake up Church! Yes, the Lord wants to revive us. Yes, He wants us to receive the great blessings of an outpouring of Holy Spirit, but on His terms – not ours! Revival is a sovereign move of the sovereign God by His Spirit, in His timing, where He wants it – and no other way!

Yes, I and many others believe He will send revival this year, is already doing so, and we also believe it will last for some considerable time. Yes, there will be wave after wave after wave of revival but – successive waves may stay in the same place, or they may move to another place. The Lord alone will decide the what, where, when, who, and why – not us! And that will be decided by who stewards revival the way the Lord wants it!

This is why Jesus told us to “Seek first the kingdom of God, and HIS righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Emphasis mine)

To me, it really is as simple as that! Seek His face, not His hand. Seek Him while He may be found! Seek His righteousness, His holiness, Him personally, His Kingdom – and the rest will follow. That’s His promise to all of us.

The Lord has just told me where and how I must be seeking Him this year, starting in His Word. I believe He’s going to be a bit more selective about who He asks to steward or carry revival this time around. So, If we’re truly serious about wanting revival, then we’ll start by seeking Him and His kingdom, His presence in our lives – first.

Then we might just see revival!

CGB