Seeking Jesus Christ is not necessarily church or ministry related activities. Including sermons, speaking them or hearing them, prayers, or giving money.

They all can be, for a time, but are not necessarily for all time. We know within our hearts if they are or not. Sometimes when we grow, we have to abandon certain things that at one time were for us but we’ve changed, the Lord has moved on and it’s time for us to adjust.

If we must convince ourselves or others that whatever churchy thing we are doing is how we are “seeking first the kingdom of heaven”…ITS NOT anymore. We can trick our mind all we want, it doesn’t mean it is true from a spiritual perspective.

If that’s our situation then we should stop it and start to seek him with no other motive, perhaps reach out to someone for brotherly or sisterly discipleship.

Seeking Jesus in sincerity is as wonderful 30 years into it as it is the moment we first become a Christian, go to church service, or get baptized. It never loses its power.

When we start to turn activities into tradition that we refuse to give up is when it becomes a bad thing in our lives. Not neutral, not a little bit good, but BAD.

And changing that situation is much more than controlling ourselves to have a positive attitude.

That’s often merely a mental trick that we play on ourselves, and on others who are watching.