Rightly Committed

Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness… (6:33). Not long ago, I had a dream about overcommitting, which is not something I often do. (I wrote the book on using one’s time to find success; Mindset for Success: Shut Up Your Inner Critic and Get the Life You Want). I know rest is a gift to be opened every Sunday. Not that I’m perfect. Victory over time bandits often eludes my grasp, but just as often I do first things first and second things second.

In the dream, we were moving into a new house with a large kitchen and many people were helping us unpack. I was frying a feast of fish, steak, and chicken. Frying things is messy as you probably know. Grease loves to overflow its boundaries. Sane people do not fry loads of meat while unpacking a move.

Usually, dreams are parabolic: something means something else. Frying meat while unpacking from a move makes no more sense than filling one’s days with secondary activities while leaving the most important task undone. When Jesus said, Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness… He did not expect us to start the day catching up on the news. First means first.

God gave you a task, and only a poor disciple fills their days with things that leave no time for it. If one is biblically illiterate, seeking His Kingdom first means reading the Bible and praying, then news, work, pickleball, whatever. Put off the warm fuzzies; build your soul first.

—Hunger, vol. 1 available at Amazon.