position. There are people who hear this test, and who say it is true, and
that they want to obey it. But if you were to ask them how much time they
spend with God day by day, you would be surprised and grieved to hear how
little time they give up to Him. And yet they wonder that the blessedness
of the divine life disappears. We prove the value we attach to things by
the time we devote to them. The Kingdom should be first every day, and all
the day. Let the Kingdom be first every morning. Begin the day with God,
and God Himself will maintain His Kingdom in your heart. Do believe that.
Rome did its utmost to maintain the authority of the man who gave himself
to live for it. And God, the living God, will He not maintain His authority
in your soul if you submit to Him? He will, indeed. Come to Him; only come,
and give yourself up to Him in fellowship through Christ Jesus. Seek to
maintain that fellowship with God all the day. Ah, friends, a man cannot
have the Kingdom of God first, and at times, by way of relaxation, throw
it off and seek his enjoyment in the things of this world. People have a
secret idea life will become too solemn, too great a strain; it will be too
difficult every moment of the day, from morning to evening, to have the
Kingdom of God first. One sees at once how wrong it is to think thus. The
presence of the love of God must every moment be our highest joy. Let us
say: "By the help of God, it shall ever be the Kingdom of God first."

And then, my last remark, in answer to that question, "How can it be?" is
this: it can be only by the power of the Holy Ghost. Let us remember that
God's Word comes to us with the language, "Be filled with the Spirit;" and
if you are content with less of the Spirit than God offers, not utterly
and entirely yielding to be filled with the Spirit, you do not obey the
command. But listen: God has made a wonderful provision. Jesus Christ came
preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and proclaimed "The Kingdom is at
hand." "Some," He said, "are standing here who will not see death until
they see the Kingdom come in power." He said to the disciples, "The Kingdom