# First Things First #RTTBROS #NIGHTLIGHT #Submission #foundation #Priority

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Podcast: [RTTBROS](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316)
Published: 2026-05-20T23:52:54+00:00
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First Things First #RTTBROS #Nightlight "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." — Matthew 6:33 In 1871, the same year Chicago was burning, a young civil engineer named William LeBaron Jenney was watching it all and thinking about what the rebuilding would require. Jenney had studied in France and had some ideas that were considered radical at the time. Most buildings in Chicago had been constructed with load-bearing exterior walls of brick and stone. They were heavy, they were slow to build, and as Chicago had just discovered, they were not as fireproof as people had hoped. Jenney proposed something different. What if the building's strength came from an internal skeleton of iron and steel? The exterior walls would still be there, but they wouldn't be carrying the weight. The frame on the inside would carry everything. In 1885, Jenney completed the Home Insurance Building in Chicago, widely considered the world's first true skyscraper. It stood ten stories tall, and its secret was entirely in what he built first: a strong, load-bearing framework at its core. Every architect and builder knows what Jenney understood. You cannot skip the foundation. You cannot rush the frame. Whatever you put up first determines whether everything that comes after it will stand. Jesus understood this principle on a much deeper level than any engineer. That's why He said what He said in Matthew 6:33. Don't chase all these other things first, the provision, the security, the accumulation of life. Seek first the kingdom. Get the foundation right. Get the frame right. And then, He promised, everything else will be added. I will be the first to admit, and I'm too soon old and too late smart on this one, that I spent…

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