Rolling Correct - Determining Your God-Given Priorities

1. God 
2. Family 
3. Church 
4. Community 

The Bible gives us this clear priority list, right? Wrong! 

We evangelicals dear our lists too formulas, simply the exclusively clear priorities inwards Scripture are these: 

"Love the Lord your God amongst all your pump too amongst all your mortal too amongst all your forcefulness too amongst all your mind'; and, 'Love your vecino every 2d yourself." Luke 10:27

“Seek the Kingdom of God inwards a higher house all else, too alive righteously, too he volition give yous everything yous need.” Matthew 6:33

A unwrap of passages depict household unit of measurement structure, authority, too responsibilities, simply construction does non e'er arrive at upwards one's heed priorities. 

Life isn't a list, it's a wheel amongst Christ at the centre too spokes representing the residuum of life. As the cycle turns, unlike priorities stimulate got precedence.(1) 

A sick child, job, needy vecino or aging nurture sometimes takes priority over appointment night, household unit of measurement fourth dimension or vacation. When God is our #1 priority, all other priorities curlicue on His path.

(1) This is non my master copy thought, simply I'm non certain where I outset heard it.

For a longer explanation on this subject, read my iii infinitesimal post: Wheel, Not List. 

Filling Our Hearts Amongst The Correct Spiritual Food

When kids consume snacks all day, they unremarkably don't bring room for dinner.

This is a practiced analogy for our spiritual diet.

We remove to brand certain that television, sports, too other types of amusement don't crowd out Bible study, prayer time, too Christian fellowship.

We remove to seek our roughly of import nutrition commencement too spend upwards dessert until we've eaten plenty to piece of job along our souls well-nourished.

"Seek the Kingdom of God higher upwards all else, too alive righteously, too he volition laissez passer on y'all everything y'all need." Matthew 6:33

Some to a greater extent than "food for thought":

"Man shall non alive on breadstuff alone, exactly on every give-and-take that comes from the oral cavity of God." Matthew 4:4

"Taste too encounter that the LORD is good." Psalm 34:8

"How sweetness are your words to my taste, sweeter than love to my mouth!"  Psalm 119:103

"Your words were found, too I ate them, too your words became to me a joy too the please of my heart." Jeremiah 15:16

Full Closets

Have you lot ever had an extra cupboard that stayed empty?

Me neither.

If nosotros bring empty space, nosotros unremarkably fill upwards it, oft alongside useless, unnecessary items nosotros mean value nosotros withdraw merely don't.

We produce the same affair spiritually.

If nosotros buy the farm lax nigh our fourth dimension alongside the Lord, it's non because nosotros don't bring the time. It's because we'd rather fill upwards that infinite alongside less of import things.

I idea of this when reading Jeremiah 2:13:  “My people bring committed ii sins:
They bring forsaken me, the saltation of living water, in addition to bring dug their ain cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot concord water."

Neglecting our human relationship alongside God ever results inwards putting something or person else inwards His place. 

Instead of filling our "closet" alongside fourth dimension alongside our Lord, nosotros fill upwards it alongside things nosotros mean value nosotros need, merely don't.

Jesus told us the i affair nosotros withdraw inwards our closet.

Do you lot know what He said?
Read it here: Luke 10:38-42

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I'd Hand Anything....Not Really

When I lived inward Hungary, in that place were many times I wished I knew the language, simply this is 1 affair I never said:

“I’d give anything to verbalize Hungarian!”

Do you lot know why?

Because 2 decades before I heard Elizabeth Elliot speak, as well as she said whenever nosotros nation this we’re truly saying, “I’d give anything—except what it takes.”

Yes! Yes! Igen! Igen!*

Despite the fact that Hungarian is an extremely hard linguistic communication to learn, I could verbalize it if I was devoted to learning it. 

I’m good aware that I did non drib dead inward a high priority. 

But sometimes I deprioritize something unconsciously. And I bet you lot do, too.

Periodically it’s adept to evaluate our witting as well as unconscious priorities as well as offering them to the Lord inward prayer. 

“For nosotros are God's handiwork, created inward Christ Jesus to create adept works, which God prepared inward advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10

We should desire to brand every endeavour - give anything - to fulfill God’s purposes for our lives (Philippians 3:12-14).


* Igen is yes inward Hungarian

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First Place

We boot the bucket similar our idols.

Scripture says so.

"They followed worthless idols in addition to became worthless themselves." (Jeremiah 2:5)

In fact, Romans 3:11-12 says we're all worthless without Christ:

"There is no 1 who understands; at that topographic point is no 1 who seeks God. All select turned away, they select together boot the bucket worthless; at that topographic point is no 1 who does good, non fifty-fifty one.”

We boot the bucket shallow in addition to worldly when nosotros brand idols of things similar fame, fortune, pleasure, prestige, in addition to lust.

We tin likewise brand idols of skillful things: fitness, family, church, community, country, skillful deeds. Anything nosotros prioritize to a higher house God devalues us.

But giving Jesus commencement house inward our lives brings our lives value: nosotros boot the bucket valuable because He is valuable.

Is at that topographic point anyone or anything you've placed to a higher house Christ? If so, this is a skillful fourth dimension to repent in addition to proclaim alongside the Apostle Paul:
"I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord." Philippians 3:8
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Great Wisdom Inwards The Minor Mass Of Haggai

Have yous read the small-scale majority of Haggai? 

It contains an of import life principle. 

When God restored His people to their land, they built themselves fine "paneled" houses exactly didn't fix a identify to worship.

God expected them to fix homes, exactly He didn't await them to focus entirely on themselves. 

They missed a let on of blessings because of their self-focus (1:6, 10-11), as well as they denied God pleasance as well as laurels (1:7). 

Four times inward this ii chapter majority God warns them: "Give careful idea to your ways" (1:5,7; 2:15,18).

Haggai was written for a item people during a item fourth dimension inward history, exactly it speaks to us today virtually our priorities. Have nosotros denied God as well as forfeited blessings past times focusing besides much on ourselves?

Matthew 6:33 is our New Testament reminder of this principle:
"seek root his kingdom as well as his righteousness, as well as all these things volition live on given to yous every bit well." 

Let's give careful idea to our ways.
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Saying No To Ministry

When it comes to ministry, at that spot are:

• Couch Christians who ever country "no."
• Burnt-out Christians who never country "no." 
• Wise Christians who sympathise when to country "no."

As a novel believer, I was burnt-out.

Then I realized I couldn’t effectively create the things God wanted me to create if I was too doing things He wanted others to do.  

The most of import agency to decide our priorities is through prayer, as well as these iii questions tin give notice aid us decide if a novel projection is something God has called us to create (Philippians 4:6; Proverbs 3:5-6).

1. Can I guide maintain on this novel projection without neglecting my other responsibilities? (Colossians 3:23)
2. How would my spouse, friends, or parents counsel me well-nigh this novel project? (Proverbs 15:22; Ephesians 5:22)
3. Am I overextending myself only to "look good" to others? (Proverbs 29:25)

We tin give notice avoid burn-out yesteryear pursuing God's plans as well as purposes (Ephesians 2:10).

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