I just got back from lunch... and I'm full. We ordered two salads and a philly cheesesteak sandwich... not much food for six people, but that's because we were saving room for dessert. Today is my middle daughter's 6th birthday... for her special meal, she wanted a Chocolate Molten Lava Cake from Chili's. So, we had a goal and because dessert was the goal of lunch, we made wise choices about lunch... we had to save room.
All of us are limited in life... by time.. by money... by abilities... by energy... and even by the amount of lunch we can eat. And once we decide what is most important, then we have to order everything else in our life to allow us time/resources/energy to apply to those things that are "most important."
We have to do the same thing... as a church and as followers of Christ. We have to take the limited time, energy and resources that God's given us and invest those into what will most effectively accomplish what's "most important"... developing people to follow Jesus and make disciples. It's called "faithful stewardship" and God says it's important. What about you? Do you think it's important? Are you living your life like it's important? Or, are you getting to the end of your day/finances/energy and finding that you don't have a bit of room left for even one small bite of lava cake?
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