Sabbath January 4

Practice Makes Perfect

Matt. 6: 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you.

Yesterday we remembered how important it was to know that God is Number One. Ok, so now we know, but how do we show it? You see, serving God is a practical thing. We can talk all we want but in the end actions speak louder than words. So, let us look at some practical ways to put God first in our lives.

1. Let Him be the first Person you speak with every day. Make a pledge that (outside of emergency situations) before you get into the activities of your day and before you get into conversations with others you will spend some time talking with your Number One.
2. Let His words be the first thing you read every day. After all, His voice should be the first one you listen to each day.
3. Let your first song of the day be a song of praise to Him.
4. Remember that He is always with you so let your daily behaviour be decent and respectful to Him.
5. When you have to make important decisions in your life – what subjects to take, what career to choose, what job to take, which person to date – always pray for guidance and seek to follow God’s will.
6. Obey His commandments and always put His requirements first
7. Take out His portion, the tithe, first out of whatever you earn or receive and faithfully give it to Him.
8. Talk about Him with your friends and let them know how important He is in your life.

That sounds like a whole lot and I almost hear you saying, “Wow, that’s hard”. Let me tell you, it might be challenging to get accustomed to changing your life and behaviour so drastically, but once you have decided to do it, God will give you the strength. After a while, many of these things will become natural for you to do. The best thing is, as you do them your love relationship with God will grow and the love will make it easier to give Him your best.

Lord, help me as I try to put you first to do my best, because I really love you, in Jesus’ name, amen.