Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
2 Kings 1:1-17
1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
3 But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?
4 Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
8 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.
12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
15 And the angel of the Lord said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
17 So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

Apostle Lewis Fisher, Jr began speaking to the congregation about “God, The First Option.”  What does it mean?  How does this apply to our lives? Often, we search ways to answer our trials and tribulations.  When we get in trouble God is not our first option.  God’s formula is that when anything happens in our lives, seek him first.  Like most of us, God became an option when we had no other place to turn.  God wants to be our first option.  God said seek him first.  Once he becomes a priority for us then everything in our lives becomes a priority for him.  Once we make bad choices it takes a lot to get us out.  That’s why God told us to seek him first.  We should be at the point now where we only want God.  In 2 kings 1:1-17, Ahaziah was a servant of God.  He sent someone to ask Baalzebub if he was going to recover.  He was a servant who didn’t put God first.  He asked an idol god over the God whom he knew if he was going to recover.   Ahaziah continued to send messengers to answer if he was going to recover, but they were consumed by fire.  An angel of God told Elijah to go down and be not afraid.  So Elijah got up and asked the questions, “Is there no God in Israel to enquire of his word?  And he told him that he would surely die.  This is just an example of a man of God who didn’t make God his first option.

Apostle Lewis Fisher, Jr began speaking to the congregation about “God, The First Option.”  What does it mean?  How does this apply to our lives? Often, we search ways to answer our trials and tribulations.  When we get in trouble God is not our first option.  God’s formula is that when anything happens in our lives, seek him first.  Like most of us, God became an option when we had no other place to turn.  God wants to be our first option.  God said seek him first.  Once he becomes a priority for us then everything in our lives becomes a priority for him.  Once we make bad choices it takes a lot to get us out.  That’s why God told us to seek him first.  We should be at the point now where we only want God.  In 2 kings 1:1-17, Ahaziah was a servant of God.  He sent someone to ask Baalzebub if he was going to recover.  He was a servant who didn’t put God first.  He asked an idol god over the God whom he knew if he was going to recover.   Ahaziah continued to send messengers to answer if he was going to recover, but they were consumed by fire.  An angel of God told Elijah to go down and be not afraid.  So Elijah got up and asked the questions, “Is there no God in Israel to enquire of his word?  And he told him that he would surely die.  This is just an example of a man of God who didn’t make God his first option.