If God is first in your life
Everything can come in order
If God is not first in your life
Nothing can come in order and when I say everything comes in order, I don't mean we're not gonna have problems or tribulations
Jesus said you'll have tribulation but be of good cheer I've overcome the world
I don't mean you won't ever have any problems because we live in a fallen world
But what I do mean, is that everything in your life can come into order and you can walk through whatever situation you go through
Because God is in charge and in control in your life because you've put him first in your life
But here's another thing God can never do he can never be second
He can never be second
He's first of all, he's above all he's higher than all he's first
Every morning you wake up the Lord Jesus Christ who is your savior is with you all day long
How often during the day do you call upon him? Do you rely upon him do you talk to him?
Do you confess to him? Do you seek direction or you just go your way?
Time with him, it simply means this
That at time whatever that time is for you in your life
You spend with him to do what to get a sense of direction
To prepare you for what the day holds only God knows what any day holds for any of us
Because God knows what's around the corner he knows what's going to happen
We as preachers sometimes will say
Put God first in your life
And that's a good analogy to help us
understand but let me just let you know if God's not first in your life. He's still first in the universe
You didn't rearrange the order of the cosmos at all. Okay God's still first
So God can never be second. Here's what I'm talking about who's first in your life
Who's really first?
I'm asking you where your heart is
I'm telling you about a principle in scripture that God says will you put me first
In every area of your life, will you put me first?
Satan will do anything and everything in his power to get you busy to distract you
Anything to keep you off your knees keep you out of the word of God
Keep you from meditating upon scripture
Keep you from absorbing the word of God keeping you from feeding on the word of God because he knows how important it is
And so why was Jesus up early as the bible reminds us in several places up early before day
Because Jesus the Son of God knew that he
needed that time to be alone with his heavenly father to listen to the father
All of us none of us are in such a situation that we are so complete within ourselves that we don't need God's direction
All of us need to take time to listen to God
That the most important thing in your life
As a follower of Jesus
Is your time that you spend alone with him with nobody but him
And so
Listen, it was it was a priority in the life of Jesus. It was a priority in the life of the Apostle Paul
Because it's the time when you and God personally
Are hearing each other
God is hearing you
You're hearing God
You're listening to God. God is listening to you
It's that private intimate personal time that you spend with him
It's when there are no interruptions in your relationship with him
Most important part of your life no matter what
When you have a private time with just you and God
Let me tell you something
That can save your life
It can save your finances
It can save your marriage it can save your relationships
It can save your children. It can save every aspect of your life
Because it's that time when you and God that just the two of you are dealing with something in your life that God
Is going to give you the right answer
You may hear lots of things
But if you will stay with him, he will show you exactly what to do in any and every situation
God's not going to mislead you watch this carefully
If he loves you enough to give his son to die on the cross for you
He's certainly not going to mislead you in some decision you have to make you say well I'm a nobody. No you're not
You're a somebody
You're somebody whom Jesus has saved
You're somebody that God has kept you to this point in your life
You're somebody that God has a plan for your life. You're somebody from God has a future
And for whom God loves
Enough to take time to listen to you. Speak to you
Guide you help you guard you
That's who he is. That's what
That's what
This is all about
Now think about this every single day of our life
We are absolutely subject to
the power of God
We have the privilege of having a relationship with him
We have
The power within us and the Holy Spirit to do the right thing
every time
If we will choose to do it
He is working in our behalf continually