Matthew 6:31-34 - Seek first His kingdom, and His righteousness

6:31,32

So now we get the upshot of all this. We are not to worry, spending all our time thinking about our daily needs. This is a command! However, it is one we find very difficult to observe. So what are we to do? Are we to live in condemnation? No. Jesus said that He did not come into the world to condemn the world. Rather, He came to save us from our sins. So we look to Jesus to teach us how to be different. We are to learn from Him. Moreover, we are meant to be different than the world, to be different and to live differently. Then Jesus adds that our Heavenly Father knows that we need the basics of life. We need to understand that one of the things that God is doing in our lives is to build up a relationship of trust in us with Him.

6:33,34

So we are not to worry, that is the negative. The positive is that we are to seek first the kingdom and His righteousness, “and all these things will be added unto you”. Note that it says “and”, not “so that”. If we “seek first the kingdom” thinking this is the best way to get our daily needs met we are badly mistaken. God has a far higher calling and purpose for us. Our daily needs are not to be a driving force in our lives. The final verse is very practical. It doesn’t mean we never think about the future, but that we don’t spend all our time worrying about tomorrow.