Matthew 6:32-34

For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

It rolls off my tongue so easily - "seek first the kingdom". I have had a lot of practice, having said it countless times, having heard it even more. If I am truly honest, if we are truly honest, I suspect we say say that hoping it qualifies us for the "all things shall be added to you" bit.

You see, we like our comforts. We like fresh sheets, nice clothes, the latest gadgets, favorite foods, shiny new things. Our culture worships comfort and we happily play along. We fall asleep to the gentle lullaby of comfort telling us all is well with the world.

And sleep we do. Every generation is in danger of sleeping through the call of the kingdom of God. The prophet Jonah was rebuked by God for this attitude - he was "angry enough to die" when the plant keeping him comfortable perished, but he remained unmoved by the city perishing in front of him.

While I complain about the tiles in my kitchen, about lattes being ten seconds late, about someone taking my spot, there is a city perishing in front of me. Young people ending their own lives, elderly literally dying from loneliness and isolation. Comfort has lied to us - all is not well with the world. 

Comfort is the enemy of the cross. Crosses are notoriously uncomfortable things, but they do keep us awake. We are not called to comfort, nor morbid suffering, but to resurrection. As we seek God's kingdom we align ourselves with Jesus the risen King.

Today it is our turn to hear the call of the kingdom. HS is waking us up.

Seek first the kingdom of God -  

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Prayer points:-

In the prayer weeks we were very specific in praying for doors to open in our community and especially the High School
Please continue to pray into this. On Wednesday we will walk through a significant door which has opened there. Over the course of the day Pat Buckley (who spoke at RBC last year) will be addressing the entire school.
Pray for the students and staff who hear him, and for the youth workers.

Use powerful prayer - in the authority of Jesus' name pray to demolish all the enemies power seeking to kill, steal and destroy in our community.