God or Nothing Else

Many of us remember God when life becomes difficult.

We pray when the doctor gives a frightening report, when money is tight, when a relationship falls apart, or when our plans refuse to work. But God is not supposed to be our emergency contact but rather our first priority.

Jesus said, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33.

Look at Joseph. His story is fascinating because God remained important to him whether he was wearing a colourful coat at home, sitting in a pit, serving in Potiphar's house, or forgotten inside a prison. His location changed, his clothes changed, his circumstances changed, but his relationship with God did not.

Joseph could have said, “After what my brothers did to me, where was God?”

He could have allowed betrayal to make him bitter.

He could have allowed success in Egypt to make him forget the God of his fathers. But when temptation came, Joseph remembered who he belonged to.

He said, “How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” Genesis 39:9.

That is what happens when God becomes your first priority. You don't ask only, “What will benefit me?” You begin to ask, “What will please God?”

Putting God first does not mean you will have no problems. Joseph still went through the pit.

He still experienced betrayal.

He still spent years waiting. But when God is first, even the pit cannot have the final word.

Sometimes God allows you to lose your comfort so you can discover your dependence on Him.

Sometimes He closes a door because you are becoming too attached to the room behind it.

Sometimes He delays what you desperately want because He is teaching you to want Him more.

So before you chase the blessing, chase the Blesser. Before you seek the door, seek the One who opens doors. Before you ask God to fix your life, ask Him to have your heart.

Because the greatest blessing is not simply having everything you prayed for.

It is becoming the kind of person who can have everything and still say, “God, You are enough.”

One day, the things you are chasing will become memories. The applause will fade. The money will change hands. People will come and go. But your relationship with God will determine how you walk through every season.

So stop giving God what is left of your time, your attention and your heart.

Give Him the first.

My question to you is: If God looked at your life today, would He truly see that He is your first priority, or merely one of your priorities?

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