Most of us have been taught to live our life through a list of priorities.  If asked, we would all say that God is 1st, our Families 2nd, our Jobs 3rd, and etc…The first truth is that although we say this w/ great confidence and authority, that these are our priorities and model in which we do life, the ugly truth is that few of us actually live this way.  If you want to know what your priority in life are…look at where you invest your time and money…That will show you the real priorities of your life…

The second truth is that living your life in a prioritized system…causes you to live your life in compartments of time…segmented from each other…You have your God Segment…that involves hours of dedicated prayer, study, & church time….all these to show that God is #1 in your life…then you have your family Time…40 hours at the job….then our real love….our fun hobby time….the problem is that none of these segments of time interact in our life…we keep them separated from each other…so that God doesn’t have anything to do w/ our Family, Job, or fun…and vice versa…

The Truth is God doesn’t want to be your 1st priority…He doesn’t even want to be on your priority list…if He’s on your list of priorities…once you have logged your time to show He is the priority…you can now, mark Him off your to do list…and head on to other things…leaving God behind…

Eph 1:20-24 from the msg bible gives us a great insight of how God wants to rule in our lives….it says that He rules from the “CENTER”…When God is the center of your life…He is involved in every area of your life…Family / Work / Fun / Struggle / Success…no matter what….He is there and involved…That is how God wants to rule in our lives…from  the Center…

Let Him be the center…

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