Seek God First!
"Do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the
Lord with all your heart. And do not turn aside; for then
you would go after empty things which cannot profit…
for they are nothing."
1 Samuel 12:20-21
Fifty years ago, officials of Derry, New Hampshire, sealed items
in a safe and deposited them as a time capsule at the municipal
building. When the time came to open the capsule, several had
gathered to see what memorabilia it contained. Some expected
items connected to astronaut Alan Shepard, who was from Derry.
When the safe was opened, it was empty. “I was a little horrified
there was nothing in there,” said the director of the town’s
library.
No one knows whether the contents were stolen or if the whole
thing was a hoax.
How many people spend fifty years of their lives, or sixty or
seventy or eighty—only to find they’ve been chasing empty
things that won't profit or deliver, because they are nothing.
Satan’s philosophies are hoaxes, and he is a thief who
comes to steal, kill, and destroy.
We serve a great God who deserves to be first
in our life. Seek Him. Let Him fill you with His
blessings that will never disappear.
"In contrast to the darkness and death, tears and trauma,
sorrow and stress, the blessings of God drop like quiet
dew… jewels from Heaven’s treasure store."
Anne Graham Lotz
