April 25, 2006: First Things First

Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding....Then you
will understand what it means to fear the Lord, and you will gain
knowledge of God. - Proverbs 2:2,5

When I got up this morning I realized that I had a long list of things
to get done today. Is that what you faced this morning? Sometimes the
list is so long that spending time with God seems like just one more
thing to add to an already long list. Don't feel bad if that is how you
feel some days. We all have them. It is so very easy to lose sight of
the reasons why we want to spend time each day with our Father. How
much time have we spent trying to do things our way? If you are like
me, I have wasted too much time on my own already. If there is one
thing the hard knocks of life have taught me it is that I cannot go
through life on my own. I need Him each and every day. His wisdom has
given me confidence knowing that my decisions are the right ones,
simply because I lean on him to help me make them.

No matter how busy our day is, it will go much smoother once we have
taken the time to inplant God's thoughts in our mind and heart.