There are so many things to do each day, each week, each month. We can get so focused on the tasks that are in front of us that we miss connecting with the people around us, especially those who don’t know Christ. The only thing that is eternal in our everyday lives is the love that is given and received in relationships. Love is eternal and when we choose to give even the smallest bit of love that we have to those around us, we invest into eternity. “Love never fails...” I Corinthians 13:8a NKJV
There are so many people around us everyday who have never known the love of Christ, never experienced the kindness and intentionality of our Father. We seek the kingdom first when we choose to turn our hearts outward to serve the needs of those around us how ever shall they might seem. It can be as simple as having a conversation with those that we work with, praying for the homeless, or giving space for people around us to be vulnerable. Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.”
Matthew 25:40 ESV When we choose to love another, we are choosing to love God. So, the challenge for us, love-filled children of God, is to turn our hearts in affection towards a world in pain and darkness, and to trust that as we give, God will bring the fruit. “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,
and all these things shall be added to you.”
Matthew 6:33 NKJV | 
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