First thing first

Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all its righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you

Matthew 6:31 plus 33

Love it

All the things that I have held dear
The vanities that whispered in my ear
What would I do if they all disappeared
Riches and fame and all that they could buy
I've come to find they never satisfy
What would I gain if my soul's the price
I don't wanna love what the world loves
I don't wanna chase what the world does
I only want you
I only want you
First thing's first
I seek Your will
Not my own
Surrender all my wants to you
Keep the first thing first
To live Your truth
Walk Your ways
Set my eyes
Lord I fix my face on you
All my desires reversed
To keep the first thing first
I give it all
My life an offering
My heart is yours
So have Your way in me
Your kingdom's all I wanna seek
I don't wanna love what the world loves
I don't wanna chase what the world does
I only want you
I only want you
First thing's first
I seek Your will
Not my own
Surrender all my wants to you
Keep the first thing first
To live Your truth
Walk Your ways
Set my eyes
Lord I fix my face on you
All my desires reversed
To keep the first thing first
To keep the first thing first
All my desires reversed
To keep the first thing first
To keep the first thing first
First thing's first
I seek Your will
Not my own
Surrender all my wants to you
Keep the first thing first
To live Your truth
Walk Your ways
Set my eyes
Lord I fix my face on you
All my desires reversed
To keep the first thing first
To keep the first thing first
To keep the first thing first
All my desires reversed
To keep the first thing first

That is exactly what came to mind when I read the thread title

I love that song

Those that continue, no matter how long it might take to see it through, will eventually see through it all. will be freed from guilt, and pride.
Which is not easy if want to be righteous, many get put under Law to do it. to only find out they can't either. What, I heard me say when I first believed, I thought no way "I" can do it, Really? even since others didn't, "I" can!

Peter thought that too! Jesus said to Peter you will deny me there times before the cock grows in the morning.
No way was Peter;s response, seriously, y'all, seriously, will I, you and others deny God too? In fear as Peter did that in fear, seeing his Messiah Jesus going to the cross, the beating of his Lord happening, fear entered Peter, did it not?
Does it in us enter also? Somehow, someway, in some form?
It has me, as God never left me either, stood with me to see what perfect love does

1 John 4:18
We need have no fear of someone who loves us perfectly; his perfect love for us eliminates all dread of what he might do to us. If we are afraid, it is for fear of what he might do to us and shows that we are not fully convinced that he really loves us.

Fear is:
F-alse
E-vidence
A=ppearing
R-eal

And see in de=iscernment not to use not having fear as a weapon either, humility takes out pride
The trying to do things right with Father and Son brings out guilt and pride in me at least, I see this now, thanks to god for me and all others also,
I would try to not sin, and what did I do, yep I sinned and ended up worse than when not under Law, once under Law.
In that happening going on, whenever I thought I got that sin under control, pride entered in and made me a "Betty better than you"
"I" lost either way, Pride and quilt kept me out and wandering about in anger over not being g able to do what I wanted to do.
Seeing now Romans 6:1-12 noting verse 11
Romans 6:11
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
the above does not say go ahead and try does it? No, it says reckon it to be done for you in ?son as risen to you thank you

Seeing truth as any person thinks, so are they, if I try not to, what do I, you do?
Either can't do it and is in guilt over it
Or learns to do it and pride steps in them.
Then one becomes a "Betty better than you attitude" as in

Luke 18:10
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

Tell me, is that arrogance or not?
I see God went to the cross once for us all, do you? Hope so, and maybe humble us all


Romans 2:1-4

Authorized (King James) Version

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

I am no better than anyone else ever, thank you Father and Son for taking it all on in my place for perfection given from you to us the people in need for your ;love and mercy to all too, thank you

First things first, I take a leak. If I don't do that first thing in the morning, the rest of the day is going to be a bit problematic.

I love that I'm trying to take it in

Quit bragging and reminding some of us that the first one in the morn is actually our 7th when you count the prior 6 through the night.

Well if you're counting that way... That's my third.

When I was younger it would have been my first. When I get a little bit older it will probably be my fifth.

LOL........Yeah growing older and the wonders it doth work.

Lol what have I started

Lol

You're good bro You just have met Lynx is all. Around these parts we call him East Palestine, OH. Because he can derail anything.......LOL

Oh man lol

Did you hear about the suicide bomber that tried to practice

Suuuuuure, you've never derailed any threads at all...

Crash