Future/Past

In our individual speck of existence we come to the quick subconscious or conscious misconception that well; it's about us. The fact is, that's not true. It's never been about us. Creation, existence, the universe, it may be for us, but it certainly is not all pointing to us.

There's an interesting term that's been floating in my head recently:
Being "Kingdom Minded."
To be "Kingdom minded" means to put the work of God first and foremost in your life. It means to prioritize the Lord and His plans first. When God becomes number one priority, everything else, all your hopes and desires, you begin to see them appear where you didn't expect them.

Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

This "putting of the Kingdom of God first" is the exact opposite of what human intellect and intention will encourage you towards. The flesh cries out for your own life, for your own good. And that might look like focusing just on God working in your life, which isn't bad, but if that is your biggest priority, you're doing it wrong. That is verse saying, put the Kingdom of God first. After that, then the rest will come. It's a chronological path. If this, then that. The steps have to be followed for completion.

God always has the best for you in mind, which is why He is building you for the future, not just this moment. That's why we go through hardships! That's why life is simply horrible sometimes, it's because God sees (unlike us) more than just today and he wants so desperately to get us there.

It's so easy to think that God is "mad" or "angry" at us, but on the contrary, everything He has ever done for us has been out of concern and care for us. Every single action, every single anything, that was for you. And we miss that. All we see is the lack, the disappearance, the invisibility, and in reality (the reality that we often miss) He is building us up and bringing us closer to who we are called to be in Him.

But all of this starts with realizing it's not about us.
It's about Him. And He is Everything.

"And You,
You are my first
You are my last
You are my future and my past" - Future/Past, John Mark McMillan 

The things of God are so much higher than we can understand. He Himself is beyond us. So we must place our eyes, our hopes, our everything upon Him, because only He can hold and carry it all. 

Job 36:26a

"Look, God is greater than we can understand."