What Is Really Important?
By: David Lancaster
This week we were talking about setting goals in the shop. So many times, my goals have been focused on the short-term things of life. Last week I asked our group this question, “When you die, what do you want to be known for?” The answer to this question is what the most important thing is to you. So many of us do not have life goals that address what is important to us, but we lie to ourselves and say we do.
Ask yourself, am I willing to be brutally honest even if it hurts? So many times, we see people on the street who do not want to be honest about decisions they have made in their life. So many times, I can have the same problem. At times I can hear God asking me, “Why are you doing this (getting angry, doubting, saying bad things about people) – Really? If we are honest with ourselves, many of our problems come from a distant relationship with God. We are not living out the call we have in us.
A common phrase I hear with so many neighbors is, “I’m gonna do what I’m gonna do.” The translation of this is I want to satisfy my immediate want over my long-term goal. All our choices have consequences and without a focus we can lead ourselves in a wrong direction. When we do not know what is important it can be easy to make decisions that lead us nowhere. Are you choosing important or immediate?
Our friends and the people we are with can determine our life direction. I read that you can not lead yourself by yourself. All of us need people to help us in this life. It is easy to find people with the same interests, but we need friends with the same values. It has been great working with my community some believers and some not to offer direction on what is important. It has been wonderful not just to give out Jesus but to live out Jesus.
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