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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