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First Things First

By Consumed by Fire

5,672 views Nov 5, 2026 updated First Things First album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Priorities are the subject here, and the song states the problem plainly before it offers the answer. The opening verses list "riches and fame and all that they could buy" and the "vanities that whispered in my ear," then ask "What would I gain if my soul's the price." The chorus turns that into a vow: "I don't wanna love what the world loves... I only want you."

The long, repeated refrain is a plain act of reordering. The singer seeks God's will "not my own," surrenders wants, fixes his or her eyes on the Lord, and asks that "all my desires [be] reversed." The line "To keep the first thing first" returns again and again until it works like a prayer prayed on repeat. A later section offers "my life an offering" and names the Kingdom as the only thing worth seeking.

Matthew 6:33 stands behind the whole piece, with its call to seek first the kingdom of God. The question about gaining the world and losing the soul comes straight from Matthew 16:26, and the line about not loving what the world loves tracks 1 John 2:15. Romans 12:1 matches the language of offering one's life.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

All the things that I have held dear

The vanities that whispered in my ear

What would I do if they all disappeared


Riches and fame and all that they could buy

I’ve come to find they never satisfy

What would I gain if my soul’s the price


I don’t wanna love what the world loves

I don’t wanna chase what the world does

I only want you

I only want you


First thing’s first

I seek Your will

Not my own

Surrender all my wants to you

Keep the first thing first

To live Your truth

Walk Your ways

Set my eyes

Lord I fix my face on you

All my desires reversed

To keep the first thing first


I give it all 

My life an offering

My heart is yours so

So have Your way in me

Your kingdom’s all I wanna seek


I don’t wanna love what the world loves

I don’t wanna chase what the world does

I only want you

I only want you


First thing’s first

I seek Your will

Not my own

Surrender all my wants to you

Keep the first thing first

To live Your truth

Walk Your ways

Set my eyes

Lord I fix my face on you

All my desires reversed 

To keep the first thing first


To keep the first thing first

All my desires reversed

To keep the first thing first

To keep the first thing first


First thing’s first

I seek Your will

Not my own

Surrender all my wants to you

Keep the first thing first

To live Your truth

Walk Your ways

Set my eyes

Lord I fix my face on you

All my desires reversed

To keep the first thing first

To keep the first thing first

To keep the first thing first 


All my desires reversed 

To keep the first thing first

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