So What is the Greatest Priority in Your Life?

January 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Misc. Great Notes

I was thinking about this question as I prepared for Sunday’s (9/28/09) class. Have you thought about it lately…….I mean really, spent time, separate and apart from the pressures of daily living thinking about the greatest, highest valued, impactful priorities in your life.

I look at 4 areas:

Health: When I was younger, frankly, I never thought much about my health. I ate what I wanted to and never really learned much about food or its impact on my being. BIG MISTAKE! Now after 30 years of ambivalence to any health focused thinking I’m 40 pounds (at least) overweight and get winded just walking from the main floor of the church to our 2nd floor classroom. Is there a lesson here?

You see, I never saw my health as anything much to worry about. And I am reaping what I sowed. The Bible tells us whatever we sow, we shall also reap. ere’s an obvious application of that truth.

Family: How much do you value your family? Your wife? Your kids. Don Wilson knocked me in the head in his message when he said we should pour every one of our assets into building up our wives. Folks, let me say this: “You cannot have a great family if you don’t have a great marriage. Men, you won’t have a great marriage unless you treat your wife the way Paul tells us to…love her (and treat her) like Christ treated the Church.” I’ve always said, you can tell where a man’s priorities are by looking at where he spends his time and his money. (This goes for women too!)

Lifestyle: We are truly blessed to live in the United States. Does it have problems? Surely it does. However, we are not in a caste system where our lifestyle is dictated by others. Have you ever thought about the fact that you have every right to choose your lifestyle? For most of us, not only do we have the right to choose, we have the ability to implement our choice. Are you doing it? Has someone else chosen your lifestyle for you? Think about that this week as you go about your week. You have a choice.

Financial: Finally, I always think about the priority of money. The Bible tells us that the “love of money” is the root of all evil. Dan says, “Failure to decide what you are going to think about and do with money is a huge source of anxiety for your family.” Don’t get into the rut of just going from week to week, month to month, without ever sitting down and evaluating two things; (1) where your money comes from; and (2) what you are doing with it. Are you deciding what to do with your money? Are you applying your money to the best benefit of your family? Are you making the decisions or has someone else made them for you? Is the failure to properly evaluate your spending habits in previous years, months or days causing you to lose the liberty to “decide”?

These are all things I think about. I hope they will just “jog” your mind and help you frame the issues.

Dan

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