FIRST THINGS FIRST INTRODUCTION

A new bride was trying to cook meals for her new husband but nothing was coming out right. She went to her mother in tears and said she didn't understand why nothing ever cooked right. Her mother, an excellent cook, had spent many hours teaching her how to follow the steps of a recipe so that she would be a good cook. Her daughter had watched her and had done everything she had seen her mother do. Her mother decided that she would walk her through baking biscuits one more time. As she pulled the recipe out she layed it on the counter and then walked to the oven to preheat it to 350 degrees. Her daughter looked up from the recipe and asked, "What are you doing now?"
"I'm preheating the oven. See the 350 degrees above the recipe. That means to preheat the oven to that temperature."
The daughter was shocked, "No wonder I have been ruining my food. I didn't know that and I have been leaving out the first step. I just thought you were supposed to set the oven to that temperature and stick the food in."
Sometimes the first step in anything is very important. The devotionals this week will be on First Things. I hope you enjoy them and get a blessing from them. While you are thinking about how things are going ask yourself if you are sometimes leaving out the most important steps in have a spirit filled walk with Jesus.