Right Priority

We live in a world of fragments and compartmentalization.  Work doesn't mix with home nor school with family nor church with state: fragmentation.  The underlying question that this world of fragmentation begs is a matter of priorities.  Because we are constantly shifting gears and hats to adjust to constantly changing environments, we often look more like walking, talking chameleons than human beings.

The reality is that this is not the way it is supposed to be.  In the biblical sense, wherever we are is where we are supposed to worship and give thanks.  Whether we are at work, at school, with family, with friends, voting at the booths, or praying in the pews, we are to maintain a consistent life, one in which we do not compromise that which is most important: God.

The point here is priority.  The Lord and only He is to be the only basis for all and every aspect of our lives.  Practically speaking, this means that when we go to work, to school, to friends, to anywhere, we are still grounded in the most foundational of truths.  This is how we live out Jesus' command to be salt and light wherever we may go.

When we are constantly aware of the Lord, we will be apt to live lives and make sound decisions that are guided by the Holy Spirit.  If He, the Lord, is to be the master  of our lives, and if we are to love Him with all of our hearts, minds, and souls, then we need to be dedicated in the the discipline of focusing on Him in every environment.  If we only live out our Christian beliefs when we are at the church building then we are not letting Him permeate every crevice of our beings.

The truth is that living a life of right priority is anything but easy.  To be sure, it is difficult. But the reward for living a life focused on Christ far surpasses any sacrifice of self that we could possibly offer.  The Lord Himself is the reward for devotion.  The fact that God Himself, through His Holy Spirit, would reside within our lives is the most wonderful and beautiful gift that God could or would ever bestow upon His children.  Thanks be to God for He has given us His Son, Jesus, and His Holy Spirit, that we could live lives that bring Him glory!