You've heard it said before that Jesus has to be #1 in your life... that he has to be your first priority. After church yesterday, someone shared with me a great truth. She said that if Jesus is our number one priority, then that assumes that we have a list of what is number two, number three, number four, etc., and that we are supposed to pick Jesus before we pick those other things. The problem with this is that assumes that when we pick number 2 or number 5, we are leaving Jesus behind. She went on to explain that Jesus is not our #1 priority... Jesus is our everything!!! He fills every spot, and we only do what we do in light of the fact that Jesus is in our minds, he is in our actions, he is in control.
I was visiting with a friend of mine last week, and he shared something similar. He asked me a question that he likes to ask people: "What is the most important thing you can do with your life?" The answer: "Glorify God". We are to shine light on who God is, but the problem is that we tend to compartmentalize our lives and only "glorify God" when we are in a spiritual mode. When we are in a family mode or a workout mode or a career mode or a school mode or a leisure mode, we tend to "shut off" our spiritual mode.
Here's what I'm saying: You can prioritize your life, but EVERYTHING you do should be done with Jesus Christ as the filter through which you do it. He created you with himself perfectly in place in your heart, and at some point you created a void by walking away from him. Then, you tried to fill that hole with many other things, and then some of us tried to fill in the gaps with Jesus. You have to get that other stuff out and put Jesus back where he belongs as your everything. Then, you will begin to glorify God when you are in family, workout, career, school, leisure mode. There will not be a separate place for your spiritual mode - your entire life will be your spiritual mode.
Keep climbing... Keep walking... Keep moving towards Jesus!
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