What we pursue makes a difference! What is important to you? Do you work to have nice clothes? Perhaps you work to be able to eat whatever you want. You can fill in the following sentence with any number of things: I work to ____.
We chase after what is important to us. We give it our time and energy. Often the things that we chase after or worry about are not really important. There is only one thing that is important, our eternal destiny.
Jesus said to make his kingdom a priority putting it above everything else. His followers are to pursue his kingdom and righteousness, Matthew 6.33. That is what is important. That is what will make a difference in the lives of others and in our own life.
What are you putting first? Are you pursuing the kingdom of God?