What Does it mean to put God first?

I was talking to The LORD about contract and covenant relationship.

I started the conversation about how Christians sign up to be loyal followers, Kingdom Citizens, and Servants.

The discussion focused around the topics of man’s responsibility to God.

I told God that man is so willing to break covenant relationship.

Salvation is a contract between God and man.

I asked God why man has the audacity to even consider taking Him to court over our flaws and demands.

Honestly, looking a man’s behavior — he assumes rights exist to challenge God in a court of law.

A relationship with God is not like getting a divorce in marriage.

I told The LORD His creation is guilty of scaling down responsibilities to Him when we change our minds about keeping our part. God does not change, He remains the same.

“Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Hebrews 13:5 (KJV)

People of God there are no new things under the sun with The LORD.

He knows it all. While things appear new to man, The LORD has already walked through every scenario of life.

The LORD led me to Deuteronomy 6, and I saw the same things God expected from Israel He expects from this current generation.

Well, one might say God did not bless us like He did Israel.

“And it shall be, when The LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full,” Deuteronomy 6:10-11 (KJV).

I live in a beautiful city that I did not build. I have a house loaded with good things that I did not fill:

• Stove
• Refrigerator
• Bath tub
• Shower
• Indoor toilet
• Wash basin
• Electricity and light fixtures
• Doors that open and close
• Windows that let air in and out
• Gas
• Running fountain water – I never dug a well
• The roof keeps the rain and other elements out
• Wild herbs and edible flowers grow freely
• Bark on the trees provide medical remedies – I planted none of these things

I am just saying, “A man chooses how he praises his God!”

I examine my attitude when I choose ungratefulness. The LORD wants loyalty and obedience. He does not want us to forget covenant relationship. He wants first place in our lives. He does not want His creation worshipping idols, for He is a jealous God.

When I was a baby Christian, my heartfelt pain was jealousy toward Israel. I wondered why God would fight and bless a people that were so rebellious and disobedient.

Now I know that God’s mercies are new every day.

The Father is waiting for every disappointed and broken heart to return to His out stretched arms.

Get back in the race and finish well!

Put God first — and renew Covenant Wows.

“Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which The LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: that thou mightest fear The LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as The LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: and thou shalt love The LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. And it shall be, when The LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; then beware lest thou forget The LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. Thou shalt fear The LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; (for The LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of The LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
Ye shall not tempt The LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of The LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of The LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which The LORD sware unto thy fathers,
To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as The LORD hath spoken. And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which The LORD our God hath commanded you? Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and The LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: and The LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: and he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
And The LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear The LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before The LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.” Deuteronomy 6:1-25 (KJV)

 

Peace Out,
The Blessing of The LORD Be upon You,
Blessings,
~ Mary Adger

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Mary Adger is in ministry for The LORD and runs her own website “In it for Him”, for when God says “BE STILL” He is just trying to get us to that perfect place in His will.

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