Priorities: “somebody or something that is ranked highly in terms of importance or urgency.” Encarta ® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1998-2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. The priorities that God has given to us: He is first, our spouses are second and then our children are third. It’s as simple as that, one, two, and three. The problem is that we like to put a lot of other things up in those three top priorities. We want to make time for everything and everyone. The problem is that no matter how hard we try if we do not keep our priorities in the right order we will have problems.
Should we put anything or anyone in first place then our first priority, God, has now been moved to second. There is to be no one in that first priority as per our God. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’” Mark 12:30 (NIV) “You shall have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20:2 (NIV)
Should we put anything or anyone in second place then our second priority, our spouse, has now moved down to third. In Ephesians Chapter Five Paul goes through the priorities. The second place is the spouse. “However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.” Ephesians 5:33 (NIV) The spouse is the only person that we are to hold in that second place spot because, if we don’t we will be rocking the boat at home.
Should we put anything or anyone in third place then our third priority, our children, has now moved down to fourth but wait, there is no top four! There are only three top priorities! Our children are given to us as a gift from God. We are God’s stewards for our children. How can we as a good steward not place and keep our children in the top three?
Priorities are placed so that there can be order. When we keep things in the right order there is peace. This is the only way that we can be able to live a life as God intended us to. “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 (NASB)
Should we put anything or anyone in first place then our first priority, God, has now been moved to second. There is to be no one in that first priority as per our God. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’” Mark 12:30 (NIV) “You shall have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20:2 (NIV)
Should we put anything or anyone in second place then our second priority, our spouse, has now moved down to third. In Ephesians Chapter Five Paul goes through the priorities. The second place is the spouse. “However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.” Ephesians 5:33 (NIV) The spouse is the only person that we are to hold in that second place spot because, if we don’t we will be rocking the boat at home.
Should we put anything or anyone in third place then our third priority, our children, has now moved down to fourth but wait, there is no top four! There are only three top priorities! Our children are given to us as a gift from God. We are God’s stewards for our children. How can we as a good steward not place and keep our children in the top three?
Priorities are placed so that there can be order. When we keep things in the right order there is peace. This is the only way that we can be able to live a life as God intended us to. “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 (NASB)
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