05/06/2026
First Love:
As a Kingdom Builder it is not about your business, it’s not about your gifts and talents, and it’s not about your assignment.
It’s about God … and he should be your first love.
The one that takes your thoughts.
The one that captures your imagination.
Which is why Jesus said to his disciples (this includes us): Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness.
Why?
It’s about priorities … and about getting them right.
There is an order to things, and the right order serves you better than you think.
Not just now, but into eternity.
It’s easy to put other things first.
It’s easy to get consumed by other things, whether that be business, hobbies or downtime stuff.
It’s harder to put God as number one … unless he is the first love of your heart and of your thought life.
This is not a forced thing … it’s a response thing.
John 3:16,17 - For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
God’s love for each one of us is so strong he gave up what was most precious in order that we might be saved.
Of course, we then need to make that decision, but it should not stop at a decision.
It should be a daily response to pursue him, as he pursued us.
First love is not about your initial decision, or first response.
First love is a daily response … a heart posture where I choose to make him first above all.
And when I do, he takes care of all the rest (“and all these things will be given to you as well”), because I have my priorities right.
When I don’t make him first, then I am stating that other things are more important than him, other things are more elevated than him.
In other words, I have idols above him.
Whichever way you go … it is always your choice.
His choice is to love and bless … but we have to have our priorities right to walk in the blessings.
Make Him your first love and keep Him your first love.