But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
(Matthew 6.33
NRSV)
There is a good story from years ago about a top executive
with a telegraph company who went on a trip. It was extremely
cold outside when he arrived at the bus station, so he went into
a local telegraph station hoping to get warmed up. When he got
inside, however, it was cold. He noticed there was no fire in the
fireplace. He said to the young telegraph operator, "Why don't
you build a fire in this place and warm it up?"
The young man said, "Listen mister, I'm too busy sending
telegrams to build fires."
The man then told this boy that he was the vice president
of the company and that he wanted him to send a telegram to the
home office at once. The message was, "Fire this man
immediately." A moment later the young telegraph operator brought
a load of wood into the office and began to build a fire. The
executive asked, "Young man, have you sent that telegram yet?"
The young telegraph operator said, "Listen mister, I'm too
busy building fires to send telegrams."
The point is that somewhere in life we have to set
priorities. We have to decide what really matters and make
certain that the really important things are done. Time with our
family, service to our community, attention to our work,
relaxation, self improvement, Bible Study and prayer we could develop a list of
important issues that would go on and on. Somewhere we must draw
a line of what is really important in our life.
Dear God, help me to keep my priorities on you. Amen.
Ron
Newhouse
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