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Are you constantly multitasking, feeling stressed and
overextended? Are you chronically busy and in a hurry? Has it been a while
since you’ve prayed alone? Do you have a sense that there are a lot of things
you know you’re supposed to do, but you’re not doing them anymore?
With so many things competing for attention in
our lives, sometimes it feels impossible to have balance. Sometimes
we just need to stop and call a “time out” to reassess our priorities.
Moses wrote: “The length of (our) days is
seventy years – or eighty,if we have the strength; yet their spanis but trouble
and sorrow,for they quickly pass, and we fly away. Who knows the
power of Your anger? For Your wrathis as great as the fear that is due You.
Teach us to number our daysaright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” (Psalm
90:10-12)
Moses was talking about life’s brevity. There’s a coming
judgment and each of us is going to give an account for what we do in this
life. Therefore, we should be asking God: “Give me wisdom.
Show me how to live this life with the time that I have.”
Subconsciously, many of us go about our daily lives
thinking: I have to prove to myself, to God, or to someone that I’m
significant. I have to prove that my life matters. I have to make a difference!
God wants us to make a difference. But He wants
us to make a difference according to His calling. He wants us
to use our time wisely, to discern, and to number our days.
The Apostle Paul says something similar: Be very
careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise, making the most of
every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore, do not be
foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. (Ephesians 5:15-17)
For most of us who struggle with misplaced priorities, it’s
not like we’re doing bad things with our time. We’re most likely filling our
days doing lots of good things, but for the wrong reasons. And what we’re doing
isn’t always part of God’s unique calling for our life.
When we have misplaced priorities, we’re
spending our life instead of investing it. This is foolish. Instead,
we need to be wise by discerning what God’s will is for our
lives.
When we make seeking God our first priority,
He will show us what we need to do and what not to do. He’ll show us where to
go and where not to go, what to say “yes” to and what to say “no” to – and
He’ll give us the courage to say it, too.
So what does it look like to put God first?
It looks like clearing a portion of your day – preferably
first thing in the morning – to meet with God, read His word, and pray. It’s
coming to God in prayer and saying, “God, I’m here and I want to be
with You first. I admit that I can’t do all of these things alone. I can’t make
the decisions. I need you to help me.”
When we seek God’s help to order our priorities, He
promises that we will not only experience His power, but also His supernatural
peace.
To find out more about this topic, check out the
series Balancing
Life’s Demands.
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