When you want something new, a new step in your life, are you focused first and foremost on the goal you’re trying to reach…or on the One who makes every accomplishment possible?
2 min readJan 28, 2019
The Bible encourages us, “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” (see Matthew 6:33)
“First” means “before,” “most important,” or “in the beginning.”
The Greek word for beginning is “proton.” The proton is a particle located at the center of an atom. We also call it the nucleus, and it’s interesting to note that it has a positive charge.
The Creator always precedes creation. He’s the One who is the beginning but also the end: “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” (see Revelation 22:13)
Think about what you put first in your life, what you place first in your days. Do you act as if God is truly in the first place?
▫ In your relationships,
▫ In your family life,
▫ In your dreams and plans,
▫ In the way you treat yourself?
The fact is that Christ is the “divine” proton. The center, the nucleus around which our lives must be centered. He creates the positive energy our lives need!
The Bible says that He is the “…God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;” (Romans 4:17, NKJV)
This is how God proceeds in our lives. When God speaks, the entire creation immediately begins moving to obey Him. When we place God before everything else, we authorize Him to create things in our lives that do not exist and to call things into existence that are not!
I encourage you to put God at the beginning of everything you do and desire. May He be the center of your being, the center of your dreams, the center of your plans…
I invite you to pray with me…“Lord, I choose to give You the first place in my life. As soon as I get up, may my thoughts turn to You so that I may be able to trust You with all the rest. You know my dreams and my plans. From this day forward, I yield to You and give You first place so that You can fully act in my life. Thank you, Lord! In Jesus’s name, amen.”
Stephen Needham
@ ✝️📖 Power Down Ministry 📖✝️
