Your #1 Priority – Excerpt From Golf Balls
God is not the #1 priority in my life. God is the totality of my life.
Revelation 22:13 (NLT) I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
The danger with not realizing that God is the totality of our lives is that we will try to shove God down to what we can understand and slide him into “Priority Slot #1.”
If we reduce God down to priority #1, then after we go to church, read the bible, compliment someone, or do something nice, we then check it off and move on to the rest of life. You can fool yourself into thinking you met your spiritual quota for the day or for the week, and then when you go to other priorities… family, work, money…you don’t include God in them because priority #1 is already checked off and done.
God should not be the #1 priority in your life. God should be the totality of your life. Everything you do should honor Him.
You must make your relationship with Him the #1 priority in your life.
The closeness and intimacy of your relationship with Jesus is determined by you. Jesus desires a personal relationship with you. According to John 15:15 Jesus wants to call you His friend.
It isn’t the church’s responsibility to maintain or grow your relationship with God. That may shock you! Your closeness with God is determined by you NOT where you go to church. Nobody can do it for you. Students, your parents can’t do it. Husbands\wives, your spouse can’t do it.
James 4:8 (NLT) Come close to God, and God will come close to you.
When it comes to your relationship with God, it’s your move. The ball is in your court.
Priorities – Excerpt from Golf Balls
If for whatever reason, you are unable or unwilling to set your priorities, I assure you, someone or something will set them for you. The strange thing about priorities is that they never stay put. They are constantly shifting and sliding, and it is our responsibility to keep our priorities in check.
You and I, each of us, have the unique responsibility of making the choice of how and on what we will spend our time, energy, and resources to accomplish.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. – William James
You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically everything. – John Maxwell
If we allow ourselves to be distracted by the demands pulling on us, we will begin to just hack at the leaves in front of us instead of dealing with the root issues.
Knowing the difference between the things that really should have our attention and the things that aren’t that important, is what PRIORITIES are. Without correct priorities you will be incapable of making correct decisions.
Excited About This Weekend!
At church I’m in a series of talks called, “Church Matters”. The last few weeks it has been great to share some of things God has put on my heart about how He wants me to lead the church. My biggest desire is that the people God has brought to the church will see the vision that is inside me and want to be a part of making it happen.
This weekend is really special to me because it is going to mark a new beginging in the life of the church. As I think about what God has called me to speak about, it actually makes me a bit nervious. In the natural I don’t know how it’s all going to work out. But in my spirit I know I’m walking out what God has told me to do. And that, gives me peace.