Kenneth Copeland Devotional 10 December 2023 – Seek God First
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Topic: Seek God First
Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. – Matthew 6:33
Whenever Ken and I talk about living by faith, I know there are some people who think, Oh, that’s easy for you. You’re preachers. You have it made! And, in some ways, we do. We have it made because our calling demands that we give God our attention, and sharing God’s attention always brings success.
But we have only sometimes lived that way. In fact, the first time I ever saw Kenneth Copeland, he was about as far from a preacher as I figured you could get. He flew planes and sang in nightclubs. As for me, I was a college girl who said she would never marry a preacher and who had never even heard about the new birth.
Right after we got married, Ken went into a business enterprise that we thought was going to make us rich. So I quit my job and went to work for this new company. Two weeks later, it folded.
We slept on a rented rollaway bed that sagged in the middle. We had a wrought-iron coffee table Ken made in high school and a black and white TV. Nothing else. No refrigerator. No stove. I cooked in my coffee pot and an electric skillet and used a cardboard box on the porch to keep our food cold.
We were flat broke. Unemployed. Deeply in debt. I had nowhere to go. No furniture. No nothing.
Then, one day, I picked up the Bible Ken’s mother had given him for his birthday. In the front, she’d written this verse, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” I turned and read Matthew 6. It said God cared for the birds. For the first time in my life, it got into my heart that God managed about where I was and what I was doing. I figured if He cared for birds, He cared for me! I knelt in that bare room and told Jesus that if He could do anything with my life, He could certainly have it. That’s all I remember saying.
I had no idea I had just been born again. Two weeks later, Ken found a new job. We moved to a newly furnished apartment and bought a better car. Amid it all, something else happened—Ken was born again.
Don’t worry if you don’t “have it made.” We indeed didn’t when all this started. Just stick with God and let Him make you. He is a good God who is good to all (Psalms 145:9).
Make a decision in your heart to seek Him first. Then, all the other things will be added.
Scripture Reading: Psalm 128
This message was written by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, the leader of the Kenneth Copeland Ministries (www.KCM.org), which specializes in teaching principles of bible faith – prayer, healing, salvation, and other biblical topics.
Ambydennis Notice Board: We trust you have been blessed by the devotional. Accepting Jesus as your Lord and personal savior is one of the best decisions one can take, especially you; imagine having Christ in your life; what a fantastic experience it will be. It starts here as you proclaim: Dear Father, I humbly come to you in sincere repentance, claiming you as my Lord and personal Saviour. Cleanse me from all unrighteousness, be the center of my life, and let my life revolve around you as I partake in the eternal life you gave us in Jesus’ Name. Congratulations, you are now Born again. God bless you.
