Ah, the first! Let's do a little background check on this verse, shall we? Open up your Bible! This verse is in red, because Jesus is talking. Oh... it's plain old black ink :/ Oh well! Maybe in the Fire Bible it's red... In any case. It might be more expensive to print red ink in addition to black. Hmmm... I have a cheapo Bible :O *Coming back down to doing background checks... Reading in the verses up to this one, we see the world-renowned passage of "God clothes the lilies even more splendidly than Solomon in his full glory... how much more will God clothe you!"
See, God knows what I need. He knows I need food and clothes. And water and a shelter. But He wants me to focus on Him, on furthering His Kingdom! He wants 100% of my focus to be on Him .
Wait, what does furthering His Kingdom mean? ...*thinks hard... It's nothing too hard to explain, I suppose: furthering the Kingdom means drawing more people to Jesus. So to seek the Kingdom means we need to be open to God's guidance, we need to be open to the needs of the people around us so we can point them to God. Jesus is basically telling us that who we are needs to involve sharing Him. Whether that's just being oneself - madly in love with the King - or standing in the middle of the Square and proclaiming "Jesus saves!" that all depends on the person. Ugh... being the center of attention is NOT my personality. I get intimidated by meeting kind and gentle new people... I can't imagine telling strangers that they're gonna go to Hell but Jesus can save them.
As far as applying the verse goes... "God!" I might say. "I'm on a mission! I'm going to the grocery store so I can feed myself! I can't just randomly stop and talk to this crying stranger, I have a Skype call with my friend in India!"
But seeking God's kingdom means I stop and talk, I try to help, I share Jesus' love. It'll turn out that my brother went shopping, and my Skype call was canceled later - if I obey God's call. "But what if this stranger doesn't want my help? I'll just be rejected and laughed at?"
It is God's good pleasure to give us valid opportunities to serve Him. So we shouldn't be afraid to do what's on our heart! And even if we are laughed at, or rejected... so was Jesus! And we are called to be a Christian, to be a "mini Christ." So if they plotted to kill Jesus, if they tried to trick Him and stop Him from doing good... how much more will they do it to me! Actually, that's a rather frightening thought O.o But Jesus also had God with Him - so we will also have the Holy Spirit, Jesus, and God all on our side. It's always important to see every side of the box.
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