Priorities
Priorities have you set priorities in your life here's another way to say it
have you asked God to set priorities in your life what are what are your priorities
and what are you doing about your schedule when it comes to your priorities
I you have to schedule your priorities or they don't happen and um time is like money in one
way and not like money another way let me tell you how it's like money it has to be budgeted
time must be budgeted now let me tell you how it's not like money you can make more money
but you can't make more time you have 24 hours a day seven days a week
have you set your priorities have you scheduled your priorities are you following that schedule
do you know what God's call is on your life and you know how much
time it takes every week to fulfill that call and you making that happen
I want you to think for just a minute about what is most important to you right now in your life
what is most important it may be a who or maybe a what what is most important to you right now now I
want you to think about your biggest distraction from the thing that's most important to you what
is the most direct route what is the most direct route to your preferred future what is the most
direct route to your preferred future because you have a picture of what you want the future to look
like don't get distracted don't trade ultimate for immediate so here's my question for you
as you begin a new season or as you think about your future as you consider what's most important
what is the thing you dare not come down from until the work is done what is the thing that
you have to stay focused on until it changes or until it's restored whether it's all year or
whether it's an entire season of your life maybe it's that habit that you finally need to break
maybe it's a business that you know you need to start
maybe it's a relationship that you need to rebuild maybe it's retiring that debt maybe it's a degree
that you need to complete and then this is part of the equation as well what are the distractions
what's distracting you because you know the answer to that too right you know what needs to be done
you know what you need to focus on and you can look at your calendar you can look at your daily
routines and you know what's distracting you what are the obstacles that you need to remove
and then here's a difficult question but I have to ask it who do you need to eliminate
who is keeping you who is keeping you from becoming who or what you want to be
because they're not going to help you get to where you ultimately want
to be you have a great work to do I know you do because you have a story to write
and I know you want to write a good one and you're writing it every single day decision by decision
by decision you are doing a great work you dare not get distracted and for most
of you not all of you but for most of you somebody else is depending on you
to stay focused on your great work you put your time into what's really important to you
if something is really important to you then you will find the time to do it don't be so busy just
being busy that you don't have time for the things in your life that are really the most important if
everything is a priority to us then nothing is a priority and we live confused and frustrated lives
some people try to do everything so they end up doing nothing really well
if we would really be honest about what we're doing with our time everybody in here can find
time to do the most important things in life which is spend time with God know his word
develop good relationships with people and so I want to say are you busy
but what are you busy doing what do you have to show for it
at the end of the day what are you going to have to show for it at the end of your life