As we approach the new year 2024, we must make God a priority in our lives.
We must submit and allow him to have total control in all that we do and say. Let go of the old and focus on the new.
To let God have total control means to be submitted to his way. We should submit ourselves totally to God.
Not sometimes or occasionally, but all the time. In doing so, we have to deny self and yield to God’s will for our lives.
We have to commit our lives to him and be willing to follow him, giving up totally control.
Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Jesus said to seek first the kingdom of God in his Sermon on the mount.
We are to seek the things of God first over everything else in this world. We are to seek salvation because it is greater value than anything else in this world.
So many times we have allowed the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life to control us and push us further from God, then we start depending more on other things than on God.
When we seek God First and his righteousness and not self-righteousness, he will give us the desires of our heart. Everything else will work out in God’s timing.
~Let God Have Total Control~
When we make God a priority by putting him first and try our best to live in obedience to him and his will by sharing the good news of the kingdom with others, then he will take care of us like he promised in his word. God will take care of his children by supplying all their needs!
Philippians 4:19
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Prayer: Lord, we thank you! Help us to be more like you. Forgive us of our sins known and unknown. Help us to put you first in all we do. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen
Be Encouraged!
All Glory Goes To God
(LaTina DeLoach, a native of Minden, is a Christian,a devoted wife and mother and Lady Deloach As the wife of Pastor Gregory DeLoach, Blue Run Baptist Church.)