Priorities! Priorities! Priorities!

Every day, we determine which of our many priorities takes precedent. I don’t know about you, but I have many priorities in my life – God, family, church, home, work, projects, hobbies, employees, training, etc. Like everyone else, my priorities shift as I move through my day. The priority of the moment may not be the priority of the next moment. That makes it hard to stay focused on any one thing.

Last week, I wrote about keeping first things first. As followers of Christ, our first priority should be the Lord and His will (Exo 20:3). He should be at the top of our list each and every day. I know that becomes difficult as we are hit by our current circumstance, whatever it is. But we have to be intentional to ensure we’re allowing Him to guide us as we navigate our lives.

Keeping Him first also means we surrender our will to His. Have you thought about what happens to us when we recognize our dependence on Christ? We realize we can’t control everything and understand our need for the Christ to intercede on our behalf. We also give our lives to Him to lead and use as He sees fit.

As we make His priorities ours, we reflect His actions and His attitudes in our everyday interactions. Since His will is that none would be lost (Psa 95:6-7), pointing others to Him becomes very important to us. One way to make sure this remains a priority for us, is to layer it on top of all our other priorities. If we ensure we are living for Christ in all aspects of our lives and not compartmentalizing Him, we can point people to Christ whether we’re in a mall or a board room.

Let’s make God’s priorities our priorities and watch Him work!