"But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." (Matt. 6:33)

If you've seen the movie City Slickers, you probably remember a scene between Billy Crystal, who played a city slicker out West on a vacation, and Jack Palance, who played a crusty old cowboy. Here's how their conversation went:

Palance: "How old are you? Thirty-eight?"

Crystal: "Thirty-nine."

Palance: "Yeah. You all come out here about the same age. Same problems. You spend fifty weeks a year getting knots in your rope, then you think two weeks up here will untie them for you. None of you get it. (Long pause) Do you know what the secret of life is?"

Crystal: "No, what?"

Palance: "It's this." (Holds up his index finger)

Crystal: "Your Finger?"

Palance: "One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that, and everything else don't mean nothing."

Crystal: "That's great, but what's the one thing?"

Palance: "That's what you've got to figure out."

Paul said, "Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." (Phil. 3:13-14)