What Matters More

Thought for today. What matters more to you, is it family or work? God must come first no matter what we do, no matter what family we have, no matter what. What does that look like? That is a very good question. When God comes first, you put His laws, His ways, His desires before our own. I must turn over to Him my desires, for it can't be about what I want, but what He wants. The Lords prayer: Your will be done, not mine, it has to be about complete surrender to what He wants. It is easy to make it about me, what I feel, what I want, what I feel like doing, but in that, am I surrendering all to Him? I want what I want and when I want, that doesn't sound like I am putting God first, it sounds like I am putting my wants and needs before His. When I live a life of complete surrendering, it is no longer about my way, but allowing God to transform me into He desires me to be.

Now after God, what comes next? Is it work or family?

One of the guys I work with, asked me today how do I come in so early every morning. I said Adam, I come in early not because I have to, but because I want to. This gives me time at work and plus it allows for me time at home with the family. Thankfully my job accommodates me, it allows me to put in my hours early and so I have time with the family in the afternoon. He said that he is a night person and I said are your kids up with you late at night? He said no, they go to bed earlier, I said is your wife up with you, he said no because she goes to bed the a little after the kids, I said Adam, who is more important? I said is it you or is it your family? He paused for a moment and said Geoff I get what you are saying. I said to make a marriage work, you must not be the most important person in the equation. I said life can't revolve around you, not your wants your desires, it must be about your wife first, then your kids. I said would it hurt you going to bed earlier and getting to work earlier so that you had more time with your family. He said no, not really, but then he said he would miss his "me" time. You see life is not about his wife and kids, it is about him.

It is so easy to think that life is about everyone around you, but when it comes down to it, what are you putting before everything else? Yes, work pays the bills, but should it be more important then God or family? Where does work fall in your importance scale?