First things First

The great commandment is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength. And the second one is just like it: love your neighbor as yourself.

In Matthew 6:33 Jesus said that if we would only seek the Kingdom of God FIRST, then everything else would follow. Basically, put first things first. Don't major on the minors. This is a subtlty that makes no sense to the heart that does not genuinely love to worship God.

David reveals in Psalm 27:4 the ONE GREAT GOAL of his life. It is the ONE THING that he wants more than anything else to make sure he is doing: seeking to be as near to God as possible. This one focus will always keep him on the path. He knew that he must always seek to have the one preoccupation of his life and mind to be set upon God. David was a busy man being a king and all. His kingdom was large and his responsibilities were great. He was not saying that the way to holiness would be to lock himself away and do nothing but to pray and focus on God all day and night. No, he was instead saying that even though he has so many things to do and deal with, his one goal is to remain first and foremost preoccupied with God. He might get distracted, but as soon as he realized it, he would redirect his attention to God.

As Christians God wants us to live in this world and deal with the day to day responsibilities of life. He wants us to be fully alive, and he wants us to do this by living in constant connection with God. Certainly we need our times alone with God where we can bathe in the glory of his light, but life on this earth is something God wants us to embrace and not run away from. David knew well those moments of glory in worship when it seems that everything fades away and heaven becomes so real, but his goal was not to escape into that state of being. Instead, he wanted to be so close to God that in his busiest and most difficult days where he has no other choice but to grapple with the world, even then he is so connected with God in worship that heaven is right there with him. This is the purpose of God: bringing heaven onto the earth. "Your kingdom come and your will be done here on earth as it is in heaven." We are here for a reason! And that is to actually bring the kingdom of God into our world.