Monday began with a post on how to deal with the chaos of life with the first step of pulling back and looking at your plate to see what God has placed on it vs what we have put on our plates. The next step is:
Second, you should evaluate your priorities. I know it sounds simple, but in reality we assume our priorities are already right and thus never take the time to evaluate. You should constantly re-evaluate your priorities and once you do, do it again and again. Once our priorities are out of whack, life gets out of whack, thus the enemy will attack them first. Everyone’s values are different, however your priorities should look pretty similar to other people.
1. God – NOT church, but your PERSONAL relationship with God
2. Spouse – ‘leave your mother and father and cleave to your spouse’.
3. Children – Notice they are after the spouse.
4. Ministry – The things that God has created you to do.
5. Family – Parents, extended family
6. Ourselves – Notice that this is last
You may have different words for your list and that’s ok. So how does your list look?
