How are we to live as Christians?...the answer is being “carefully careless.”  Most of us think Jesus was speaking in hyperbole when He said:
“25 “For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?... 33 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.  (Matthew 6).
 
What Jesus meant was that our primary focus of life is to be obedient and honoring Him.  Our wakeup moment in the morning should be “seeking His kingdom and His righteousness.”  But...we object, “We've got places to go...things to do...responsibilities to fulfill.”  Haven't you ever heard the expression, “You're so heavenly minded, you're no earthly good?” 
 
God's word teaches that we do have everyday tasks and responsibilities, but this is where we must apply the “carefully careless” principle.  We are on earth to serve the King.  He is our highest priority and righteousness is our primary object every day. We must take on the responsibilities of life, but they must not over-shadow our relationship and commitment to Jesus.  In fact, it should be reversed...namely, our relationship and commitment to Christ should over-shadow whatever the day's agenda brings before us.  We are to be “carefully careless” with the things of life.
 
This is the point of today's My Utmost for His Highest:
 
“The words Jesus speaks here are the most revolutionary words human ears ever heard: “Seek first his kingdom.” Even the most spiritually-minded of us argue that we must do other things first. “But I must make money. I must be clothed. I must be fed,” we say. When we reason like this, we make it clear that the great concern of our lives isn't the kingdom of God; it's how we're going to get by financially. Jesus reverses the order, telling us to get rightly related to God first. He asks us to maintain our relationship with our heavenly Father as the main focus of our lives, and to take the focus off all other concerns.
Jesus is telling us to place our relationship to God at the center of our lives.  He's saying, “Don't make the main concern of your life what you will eat and what you will drink. Be focused on God.”
Some people are careless about what they eat and drink, and they suffer for it. Some are careless about what they wear, and they look as they have no business looking. Some are careless about their earthly affairs, and God holds them responsible. What Jesus is saying in these verses is that the great care of our life should be to put our relationship to God first, and everything else second. One of the harshest disciplines of the Christian life is allowing the Holy Spirit to bring us into harmony with this teaching of Jesus.”
 
The words of this old song explain the “carefully careless” principle:
 
This world is not my home
I'm just a-passing through
My treasures are laid up
Somewhere beyond the blue
 
Oh Lord, you know
I have no friend like you
If heaven's not my home
Then Lord, what will I do?
 
The angels beckon me
From heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home
In this world anymore
 
 
My prayer for you and me this day is this:  Lord, teach us to be “carefully careless” with the details of our lives.  Yes...we know You have given us responsibilities, but we are called to prioritize these under our greater commitment to serve and honor You.  We pray for this reminder often.  You are King.  Amen
 
Walk with the King today and be a blessing.