In Matt.6:33 (Amp) Jesus says, "But seek, aim at and strive after first of all God's Kingdom and His Righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides." Jesus is speaking here about earthly, material things, as well as the Spiritual things of God's Kingdom. These things are one and the same to the Lord. By His Sacrifice, Jesus brought both realms into one kingdom again. Our Father walked in both realms with His son Adam and his wife, from the beginning in Genesis. God planned for His family to be in constant contact with Him, in both realms.
God's way of doing and being right comes by reading and studying His Word. Jesus instructs us to "first of all strive after God's Kingdom and His Righteousness," so we can live here and do well in this physical, natural realm. We need to rely on God and His covenant, instead of the government or charity. Paul tells us how we're to do it by God's Righteousness in 2Cor.1:30 (Amp), saying, "But it is from Him (God) that you have your Life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God, revealed to us a knowledge of the Divine Plane of Salvation previously hidden manifesting itself now as our Righteousness; thus making us upright and putting us in right standing with God, and our Consecration, making us pure and holy; and our Redemption, providing our Ransom from Eternal penalty for sin."
God's way of doing and being right, comes by His Grace and His Son as our Lamb and our Righteousness. There are ways to provide and receive what Jesus said in Matt.6:33, without doing it God's way, but when we do it His way, we're trusting in His Fatherhood to provide for us, like any good father wants to do. We shut God out and we don't allow Him to be all He wants to be, when we try doing things our way. Being right, being righteous and being in right standing with God, comes only one way and that's through Jesus.
Trying to become righteous before God, other than accepting it as the Gift of God through Jesus, will keep us outside of righteousness and right standing in God's eyes, which will stop the ability of the Holy Spirit to bring forth what we need. We can gain some things in the carnal realm by ourselves, but righteousness isn't one of those things. "His way of doing and being right," aren't just words to be read over lightly. God has a Righteous and Just way of doing things, based on faith in Him and on the Spiritual Laws that govern His Kingdom.
God's Kingdom and the Kingdom of Heaven have Spiritual Laws that hold this universe in orbit. These Laws are as sure as the laws He put in place to govern this earth. The Law of Gravity is vital to life on this planet and works continuously. We can override the Law of Gravity by the the Laws of Lift and Thrust, but we cannot do away with that Law. We can fly planes that weight thousands of pounds, using the Laws of Lift and Thrust, but if we turn the motor off, then the Law of Gravity will force the plane to fall to earth. Yikes!
Many of God's people don't know what His will and His way of doing and being right are. We try walking according to the Law of Moses from the old covenant, while simultaneously walking in the Power of Grace and Righteous from the new and last covenant that came from the Blood of Jesus. We've not understood the True meaning of God's Grace. God's Grace is His way of doing right, so God's Blessing can operate like it should in our lives. Grace is simply a total reliance on God's Love to open the doors to His Provision, by His Love for us. This doesn't mean that we don't work or do things in this natural realm, but we must trust Him to" add it to us", like Jesus said in Matt.6:33.
God's way of doing and being right, is found in His Word. The Word tells us to, "Love one another as I have Loved you," which is a great part of doing and being right. Are we doing it God's way or are we still harboring malice and unforgiveness towards one another? God's way is to abstain from immorality and sin, at all cost. We get a good overview of God's way of doing and being right in Matt.5:13-48 (Amp), especially Verse 48, where Jesus says, "You therefore must be perfect, growing in complete maturity of Godliness in mind and character, having reached the proper height of virtue and integrity, as your Heavenly Father is perfect."
Growing into complete maturity in mind and character, comes by developing the new creation. These are things we can do, but many choose not to do. They are God's way of doing and being right and must be done by the individual believer. We can't legislated these things, like under the Law, because they're an act of submission to the Lord Who lives in us. Are we more more inclined to do it our way, rather than God's way of doing and being right?
Paul taught about the Gifts of the Spirit and how we can be good candidates for obtaining these Gifts, in 1Cor.12:31 (Amp), saying, "But earnestly desire and zealously cultivate the greatest and best Gifts and Graces, And yet I show you a better and more excellent way to obtain them." Paul goes on to speak to the Church in Corinth about Love, in 1Cor.13:1 (Amp). It's not our love, but God's Love that inspire the Super-natural operation of the Holy Spirit. Thus, Paul writes, "If I speak in tongues of men and even of angels, but have not Love, that reasoning, intentional, Spiritual devotion such as is inspired by God's Love for and in us, I am only a noisy gong or clanging cymbal."
God's full intent is for us to walk in Love. Unlike those under the Law, we have God's Love. We see something available to us, that wasn't available to those under the first covenant, in Rom.5:5 (Amp), which says, "Such hope never disappoints or deludes or shames us, for God's Love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given us."
This isn't just God's Love for us, but His Love in and shown through us to our fellow men/women. God will sometimes allow the Gifts of the Spirit to work, because He loves the person we're praying over, but it doesn't bring praise on our part, before Him. We must do it in Love, instead of pride and self-importance. Jesus said, "It's not Me, but the Father in Me Who does the works." God's Love for His people, worked through Jesus and brought praise and Glory to both God and Jesus. This requires maturity, according to 1Cor.13:1 (Amp), which says, "That reasoning, and intentional devotion such as is Inspired by God's Love for and in us." This doesn't come from the outside, carnal man or woman, but comes from God Himself, as we learn to yield to Him and develop our fellowship and relationship with Him, in Spirit and His Word.
Yielding and being led by God's Love isn't a "religious" thing. God's Love is greatly missed in today's world. Truly walking with God and putting faith in God's Blessing and the outcome of it, is based on doing on His way of doing and being right. Our way of doing and being right, is not enough. We must spend time reading and meditation on God's Word, in order to develop the new creation person and become what God has made us to be.
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