The rest of your life.....the best

 Someone has observed that life is like a dollar bill. You can spend it any way you want to, but you can only spend it once.

     Now when you spend money there are really only one of two ways you can spend it. You can waste it, or you can invest it. The same thing is true with life.

     Now whether you are young or old, six or sixty, healthy and wealthy, or puny and poor, you can make the rest of your life the best of your life.

     Suppose you were starting life all over. You are old enough to know right from wrong. You are old enough to learn, old enough to love, old enough to really live. If you could ask the Lord Jesus Christ how to make the rest of your life the best of your life, what do you think He would say? I don't think we have to wonder, I think I know.

     "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." (Mt. 6:33) I think you can summarize what Jesus said here in three words: "first things first." Now I know that sounds simple, but I want to tell you that if you, beginning today, would consciously, continuously, constantly, and consistently put first things first, it would absolutely transform your life. The formula for how to do just that is found in this tremendous statement from the lips of our Lord.

 

Now everything rises and falls right here. If your priorities are not in order, your life will not be in order. If your priorities are not right, you won't be right. You don't have to pray about what your number one priority in life ought to be. You don't have to think about it. You don't have to discuss it. You don't have to look for it. 

You just have to do it. Because Jesus has already told us what our first priority ought to be;

"Seek ye first the kingdom of God"

The first priority of your life ought to be to seek the King of the kingdom. 

 

Jesus wants the first moments of everyday. Jesus wants the first day of every week. Jesus wants the first part of every area of our lives. He wants to be first.

The Lord Jesus Christ is not interested in being the first runner-up in your beauty contest. He is not interested in being vice-president in your corporation. He is not interested in being second in command in your army. He wants to be the King on the throne of your heart, not a co-partner in a duplex. 

If we want to make the rest of our lives the best ?  We must allow Jesus Christ to be our Lord. Put Him first. Live every moment for Him, and He will take care of the rest!