Seek First
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Matthew 6:33-34 ESV
Jesus was teaching about how our attitude should be in our daily living. He started with our giving, then prayer, then fasting, then wealth, and now, in conclusion, Jesus summarized His teaching with these two verses.
When God's Kingdom is at the forefront of all of our concerns, we truly understand what it means to call God "our Father". We can get pass getting what we want, what we think is best for us, or even for others. We will not take what we have for granted or even have the delusion that it is our doing.
It is when we won't be so concerned about if we have been vindicated of wrongs done to us, temptation would have no hold on us, we will not need deliverance from evil, as we are preoccupied with what matter to God.
Sounds "too-good-to-be-true"? Is it because we treat prayer as a chance to let God know what we want, no matter how noble we are trying to make it sound? Is it because we spend ⅔ of our prayer in telling God who He is and rush through the ⅓ of our time chucking request at Him hoping God will fulfill them because you "kissed His 'behind'"? There is the problem: you are still "doing" YOU!
If we are determined to learn to seek first the Kingdom of God through our prayer, by putting the needs of others first, by casting aside what we desire for ourselves, being able to live a life of a Kingdom Seeker will just become that much easier.