Righteousness: Seeking, Sowing

And why do you worry about clothes? Learn how the wildflowers of the field grow: they don’t labor or spin thread. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these! If that’s how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won’t He do much more for you—you of little faith? So don’t worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.
(Matthew 6:28-33 HCSB ©®)

Sow righteousness for yourselves
and reap faithful love;
break up your untilled ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.
(Hosea 10:12 HCSB ©®)

Forgive my presumption in declaring that you were spiritually bankrupt when Jesus invited you to be born of His Father. You were not just broke, but you were sunk in a spiritual debt that you could never pay. Jesus paid that debt off.

Now, He wants to put value in your accounts that will empower you to manifest His authority and power and love in the earth in ways that unbelievers will stop resisting His invitation to them to join us in His Kingdom. The more you spend from those accounts, the more you find in them.

When you are more interested in learning how to find things you have not yet surrendered to His reign, the you will be more free to plow up ground that can be used by Him for a crop that becomes a great harvest.

The rich young ruler was invited to the investment opportunity of an eternal lifetime, but walked away very sad that investment in the Kingdom of Heaven was so costly. He would have to change economies to find the Kingdom economy beneficial. Matthew gave up a lucrative position with the Empire of Rome and received the privilege of becoming the writer of 28 chapters of the best selling book ever published. Invest the resources you are being trusted with wisely and generously.