A POSITIVE PRIORITY LIST

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established – Proverbs 4:26

“Now I want to give you six priorities, six Fs on which your schedule should be built. You can use these in a variety of ways, and of course, you should apply them to whatever works for you personally. It is a positive list that has t been used by many successful people in every type of lifestyle.

The first priority is Jesus and faith in Him. You must have a right relationship with God, and you must have your life built on a spiritual foundation. There are too many pressures and difficult circumstances to handle on your own. So your first priority must be your faith life.

The second priority is mental and physical fitness. You need time for the exercising of your mind and body. If you don’t have time to care for your mind and body, you won’t have time for your job or your family, and may die young.

Number three is family. Before finances, before jobs and before other commitments of life, you must make time for your family. If you don’t have a successful relationship with your husband or your wife, your life is very shallow. If you can’t enjoy your children, your life is out of order. If you can’t spend time with them as they grow up and enjoy those early school years…you are living a very shallow experience.

Number four is fellowship. This includes your relationships with other people and with people in your church. Having friendships and involvement with people is more important than having a savings account, a good position at the company, or high status in society. What good is high status without friends? What good is having a large bank account but no one to enjoy it with? So fellowship with other people is extremely important.

The fifth thing on the priority list of those who are successful is finances. It is important to make money and meet the needs of your family, but it shouldn’t be the number-one priority. Making money must be viewed from the proper perspective of your life. Money can be a positive influence, a tool to accomplish things with, but it must always be kept in the proper perspective with everything else. If money becomes your first love, it becomes the root of all kinds of evil (1 Tim. 6:10).

The sixth priority on our list is simply having fun…Without fun and relaxation, your faculties become dulled. You don’t “take time to smell the roses” or enjoy the world around you. You should enjoy the life God has given you and the friends He has placed around you.

Compare these six priorities with your present priorities and see what changes you can make to get your priorities into the proper order. You may not be able to do this all at once, but you can begin to work on them one at a time.”