Priorities

The Issue:

We have so many things fighting for our attention each day.

Responsibilities at home

Commitments to church

Projects for school

Plans with our family or friends

Our days can be filled with activities even before the day starts. It can be very easy to allow our busy schedules to determine the priorities in our life.

We need to see what Scripture says about priorities, and have a godly perspective on how to use our time.

What does the Bible say?

Read Mark 12:28-30 – Priority #1 = love God with our whole being.

Read Matthew 6:19-21 – Lay up your treasures in heaven, not on earth.

Read Luke 12:29-31 – Seek God’s kingdom, He will handle the rest.

How can keep our priorities in order?

Psalm 5:3

O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.

Daily spend time with God in prayer.

Joshua 1:8

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

Daily read and meditate on Scripture.

Hebrews 10:25

not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Meet with other believers (church attendance).

Philippians 3:13–14

Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Live to fulfill God’s call/will for your life.

1 Corinthians 10:31

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

In every endeavor = do all to the glory of God.

What should you do?

Our highest priority is to honor and please God with our lives. When we are determined and focused on living for God, our priorities will fall correctly into place.

That is the key to fulfilling God’s purpose for our lives without getting side-tracked by other selfish pursuits.

Does your schedule show that you take personal time with God seriously?

Do the other responsibilities and tasks you take on line up with what God asks of you?

In what ways can you better prioritize things in your life?