What is it mean by putting God first?

By Glen Packiam in WorshipGOD 2010 Conference, Dream Centre CUMC - 16 Sept 2010.

Is it about time, where we should put God first in every time we had? or is it about our devotion; first thing in the morning and than the rest of our day we can do our own thing?

Putting God first is not only about our time, where we put Him first in every single time, why or what we did; our worship, singing, lifting our hand or reading bible; but how we act in our daily life, how we pleasing Him or acknowledging Him.

1 Sam 5:1-2 talk about Dagon. Dagon basically mean in Arabic language, Jews and Hebrew is "grain", "rain", "powerful warrior in war victory". This term or meaning also synonym to increase, victory, and success.

A fast question is this thing have a room in our heart? Are we pursuing Increment, victory and success in our life, career and in our relationship? If yes, that's mean we have that "Dagon" god in our life. Can we pursue or after the richness, success, or victory to rule our heart which make less or no room in our heart?

If in our career we are pursuing increment, richness, promotion and success; meaning we give our heart a room for Dagon. If we meant to put God first in our life is that the way we live our life, whereby in our work or in our career we do it for God! We present or show God in our career.

Are we pursuing god of success and hoping Jesus to give us success or are we serving Jesus to give us success?

Jesus do not want to be the first in our life! We cannot simply, "Oh God, i put you first in my list. So now i can put other as second, third and so forth..." Jesus want to be center of our life! Jesus want to be the place where we refer too in our decisions!

When the ark of covenant was placed together in the room with other gods, especially Dagon. That Dagon fell on the ground, with the face facing ground. After the other time that Dagon fell, it broke off!! Al the head, hands and body broke!

Jesus want to reshape, rearrange, redo or redirect our life! Eph 5:21 - If Christ is the center, He will change our life or transform us. He want to be the death of us, selfishess, ego, pursue and He want to get rid of it!!

Are we ready or really want God be the center? We may say in our worship or in our ministry, I love Jesus. But God see our heart. What are we after, pursue and He want to rearrange, redo and get rid off our pursue, dream and other things!!

Putting God First is not about we put God first in our daily time, putting our devotion or putting Him the first in our list, BUT putting God first is about how we live, how our life and how we shows/represent God in our normal daily life!!!

John 2:8