Saturday, June 30, 2012

Priorities & Tools


One morning as I was walking I was thinking about priorities in my life. I thought of the standard ordering of such things: God; family; friends; ministry; career. Very cool ... God and people are ahead of ministry and career. Good priorities? Well ...
How about a different organizing principle? God, and God's purposes! God's purposes for us. God's purposes for our family. God's purposes for our friends. These are a better order of priority, from our greatest area of influence to the least.
What about ministry and career? Ministry isn't something a few people do in front of a congregation on Sunday mornings. It's God using you however, wherever, whenever. Your career is a place where you develop friend relationships and earn the means for living and ministering. Ministry and career are tools and arenas for accomplishing God's purposes, not items somewhere low on our list of priorities.

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