Priority One

Dwight Eisenhower once said, “I do many things that are urgent but few things that are important.”

What a most revealing statement from one who successfully served his country as a general and president. It would be good to make it a question for each of us to ask ourselves everyday: How do I separate the urgent from the important?

Or should we begin with the question: What is the difference between something that is urgent and something that is important?

Something urgent suggests I must give my immediate attention to an event that is happening now! Important, on the other hand, means that something of significance, value or consequence to me is occurring. I quickly answer a ringing phone because it is annoying and gets my immediate attention. I answered it with urgency, but the call may not be important.

Our Scripture for today talks about the difference between urgent and important. The Rich Fool was overly concerned about wealth and was in a hurry to expand his financial worth. But Jesus said, “Guard against greed and focus on your relationship with God.”

We must always make certain that our number one priority as Christians is our relationship with God. We must constantly focus on Him and closely follow Him every day by communicating with Him daily, reading His Word and investing time in prayer.

Prayer: I ask, Father, that in Your power and through Your strength, You will always be first in my life. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Scripture for Today: Luke 12:14-21 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’