Life With The Proper Perspective

Matt 6:33
"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.

If this is true, and it is. Then life has to be lived in its proper

perspective. Since God is the creator of all life it is for Him to

say how life is to be lived. Many people live life as if they are

the creators of their own lives. This is a strategic mistake,

because God is the creator. Only the creator can give purpose

to His creation. Purpose is the original intent for why

something is. Purpose is what was desired by the designer that

made the designer design it. For purpose is born in the mind of

the creator. When one fails to understand his or her purpose for

living then life is out of perspective. When life is used outside

of its purpose then life is being mismanaged, misused and

abused. Where purpose is unknown abuse and misuse in inevitable.

The Fall of man has caused man a failure to know his

purpose and therefore abuse life. The Fall of man has effected man to the point that he

is totally unable to function as he was created to. So because of

the Fall man is left in a hopeless and helpless condition as to

living life according to the Divine designed blueprints. He is

unable to use his mind affections and will as they were design

to be used. His mind is darkened, his affections are corrupted,

and his will is in bondage. So man’s greatest need is to

be saved from this totally depraved condition. Thanks be to God who

does for man what he cannot do for himself. God sent His Son to secure the salvation of His elect

people. A people chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world.

This was for God's own pleasure. So God’s rescuing

man is not on the basis of man’s behavior but on God’s

benevolence. GRACE alone by FAITH alone by CHRIST alone.

After man is rescued from this condemned state he then

has been enabled and expected to live life with the proper perspective. But even after being

rescued there are time that our priorities are misarranged. We have

tendency to worry about things. Which is a sin for worry is a failure to trust the

one who rescued you to provide for you. The formula to complete

this assignment rest in our text. This text says, "But seek

first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will

be added to you. Worrying strangles life’s proper perspective out of

us. Three principles that will help us to live life with it’s proper perspective.

First, One must DILIGENTLY PURSUE THE PERSON. The verse says seek first

His Kingdom. There cannot be a kingdom without a king. It is the

very God of creation who rescued you from the depraved state you

were in and He is our King, the Lord Jesus Christ. He has pulled you out of the kingdom of

darkness into His kingdom of light. So you now live in His kingdom

and you have to pursue Him if you are to live life in it’s proper

perspective. Secondly, there must be DISCIPLINED PRACTICE OF HIS

PRINCIPLES for the text says and his righteousness. The standard of

righteousness is determined by the king. It is the adherence and obedience to his

words that states that I am practicing His principles. This simply

means to obey the King. The purpose of His rescuing you was to

enable you to live as He says. So you were freed to obey God, not to

live as you please. To live as you please is to revert back to the very

bondage in which you were rescued from. Which places life out of

perspective. Thirdly, DELIGHTFULLY POSSESS HIS

PROMISES, all these things will be added unto you. The things of life that we

often worry about, our great King promises to provide them. Our

focus needs not be on things but on pursuit and obedience to our

King. This is indeed life with the proper perspective. Cry out to God that He will give you

a glutting appetite for His PRESENCE rather than His PRESENTS.

A REASON TO CELEBRATE

This weekend, we the members of the Garden of Prayer Sovereign Grace Baptist Church will celebrate 26 years of our existence as a local congregation. What a blessing 26 years God has granted us the privilege of serving Him as a local congregation. This is reason to celebrate. God by His grace allows us to share in the awesome work of extending the Kingdom. This should never be taken for granted. God didn't and doesn't need us in anyway. He is the all-sufficent one. To say that God has needs outside of Himself, is to say God lacks and therefore He is dependent upon some outside source. This is not the God of the bible. He is completely pleased and satisfied with Himself. God did not create man because He was lonely, He created us to Glorify Him and to enjoy Him forever. It is sinful for us not to give God great praise and honor for the great work of redemption He has wrought in His Son, Jesus the Christ. He has shown us infinite love in the sacrifice of His only begotten Son. He has adopted us into His Family and made us joint heirs to all He owns. So as a local congregation of baptized believers in Christ we should celebrate much for the wonderful privilege to serve as co-laborers with the Sovereign God and Redeemer of our souls. A REASON TO CELEBRATE. (to be continued)