Successful people know the power of prioritizing. They understand that it is impossible to do everything at once. Something has to be the top priority in your life. Jesus told us in Matthew 6:33 how to prioritize. He said to seek God's kingdom and His righteousness first. The Greek word for righteousness is dikaiosune. It means equity and the impartial distribution of justice. Righteousness is very important, but Jesus said to seek the kingdom of God, and He wasn't referring only to righteousness. As we have already seen from Romans 14:17, the kingdom of God is also peace and joy.
The kingdom of God is God's methodologies of looking at things, God's way of speaking about things, and God's way of doing things. The kingdom of God is a system. There are two systems in this world. Each system has its own set of priorities. There is God's system, labeled the kingdom of God in Scripture, and there is the Babylonian system. The difference between the two is that the Babylonian system is man deciding he is smarter than God, and that he can choose his own way. It is man exalting his thoughts, his ways, and his standards above God's. In the kingdom of God, God is the One who is smarter and wiser. He was before any person, and His methods and ways are higher than anything man can create. God's system is always better than man's. God's ways should always be our first priority.