If It's Not Working...

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Matthew 6:33 NKJV

How many times have you heard or even said, "I've done everything I know to do. All I can do is pray..."? Think about that for a moment. In my mind, that relegates prayer to the status of a spare part, something we've thrown in the boot of the car to only be used as a last-ditch effort. 

We have to ask ourselves the Faith question. Is God first in our lives? Are His Kingdom priorities our priorities? Oh, we may think He is. The standard Christian response to that is, "God IS first in my life." One way to know for sure is when we face a difficult decision and we need guidance. Do we ask our friends first for their input on the situation before we pray about it (before we ask and wait on God for His input)? 

This is what I believe. If we don't do our part - seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness - then God is not bound to do His part - and all these things shall be added to you. It's the same principle that Jesus taught about the conditions of forgiveness in verses 14-15 of this same, very rich chapter, “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

If it's not working, we need to check the Book. Did we miss doing our part? 

Prayer:

Father,

          Please forgive us for any time and every time we relegated the honor and privilege of communication with You, our Creator, behind anyone or anything else. How dare we? Change our hearts, Father. Remove the stubbornness and pride in our hearts and minds. Make us holy before You. Give us clean hands and pure hearts. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen