Get Balanced, Live Purposely

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21). What things are you treasuring?  Are your priorities in line with God’s word or have you lost your balance? 

In order for us to live with purpose, we must ensure we have our priorities in check. The word teaches us that God has to be the first priority.  “For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth… All things were created through Him and for Him” (Colossians 1:16). Clearly, we were created by him and for him so if God isn’t our first priority then we will always be seeking to fill an empty void that is only satisfied with his presence. 

If you are married, next in line of priority, should be your husband.  Titus 2:4 advises women to love their husbands and love their children.  And I believe there is a purpose behind the order of these of words.  Sometimes we get so engulfed in our children that we neglect our husbands.  We must act with wisdom and not get off balance.  Ephesians 5:22 tells wives to submit to their husbands as to the Lord.  As we honor our husbands, we are also bringing honor to God. 

If you are blessed with motherhood, then we have to love and train our children.  Proverbs 22:6 says: “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”  We should be praying to God daily for wisdom to raise our children even more so during these days when the world is throwing so many distractions at them. 

So again I ask… what things are you treasuring?  Are your top priorities aligned with growing your relationship with God and nurturing your family? If not, I urge you to do some serious soul searching.  Ask God to help you prioritize and get your life in balance.  “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you” (Matthew 6:33).

I once heard Jillian Michaels say that “most people don’t show up for their own lives and they never bring their A game.”  I love that quote because it’s so true.  We rummage through life and forget to bring our A game.  We forget what truly matters.  We forget to set and reset our priorities.  I encourage you today to renew your mind through the word.  Act in the wisdom you obtain through the Spirit.  Live consciously and purposely!