Quit putting Jesus first
It’s February, which means football is over, it’s ‘cold as balls’ (I don’t know why we use this phrase because testicles range between 93-95 degrees Fahrenheit), and you gave up once again on your New Year Resolution. Statistics show us that 92% of New Year Resolutions fail and if you made a New Year Resolution to put Christ first this year, you probably failed at that too. But it’s okay, because Christ doesn’t want to be first. In fact, when you make Christ first, He becomes a part of your checklist…
You know that checklist…
1. Spend time with God ✔️
2. Get to work and survive the day ✔️
3. Spend some time with the kids ✔️
4. Make a move on the wifey ✔️
5. Don’t get into debt
When spending time with God or growing in your faith comes down to a specific slotted time of your day, you’ve missed the point and message of walking with Jesus.
It’s not Jesus THEN my day or Jesus THEN my work or Jesus THEN my family or Jesus THEN my finances…Jesus doesn’t want to be first. He wants to be the center of your world. When Jesus is the center, your perspective changes. It then becomes Jesus IN my day. Jesus IN my work. Jesus IN the way I parent. Jesus IN my marriage. Jesus IN my finances.
God doesn’t want to be boiled down to a devotion of the day (for the record, devotions are great and I encourage you to do them). He wants to do life with you. He doesn’t want you to just survive your work. He wants to empower you to encourage and impact people that you work with; making your work environment the most fun place to work in the world. He doesn’t want you to just parent. He wants you to raise history makers to leave a legacy worth following. He doesn’t want you to just have a decent marriage. He wants you to serve and love the person you chose to do life with and be a testimony of grace, forgiveness, and love. He doesn’t want you to just live paycheck to paycheck. He wants you to build wealth for generational blessings and Kingdom expansion. So stop trying to make Jesus first in your life and awaken to the power and reality of Christ IN you. Then proceed to change your world today!