It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.
Proverbs 25:2 New International Version (NIV)
But seek first his kingdom and
his righteousness, and all these things
will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:33 (NIV)
So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:31-33 (NIV)
KINGDOM- basileia = God’s rule and reign.
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.
Luke 1:32-33 (NIV)
…your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
MattHEW 6:10 (NIV)
The LORD is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does.
Psalm 145:17 (NIV)
Righteousness is our right-standing with God and our right-living as a result of our life in God
This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
Romans 3:22-24 (NIV)
One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock.
Psalm 27:4-5 (NIV)
5 practical ways to Seek the King in 2026
BE with Him – John 15:4-5, Matthew 11:28-30
Psalm 23
BEHOLD Him – 2 Corinthians 3:18, Matthew 5:8
BELIEVE Him – John 6:29, John 11:40, John 20:31
BELONG to Him – Psalm 100:3, John 10:27, Isaiah 44:2-5
BECOME like Him – 1 John 4:17, John 13:35
- We have all we need because we have Him.
- What does it look like to Seek first His Kingdom and His Righteousness in 2026?
- What does it look like for you to follow Him in 2026?