Focusing on What's Important (Episode 130)

In this episode, Evangelist Frank King addresses our need for time-management and setting priorities. He says these are two of the keys to success in life. God has given us only 24 hours in a day to work with. We must know what’s important in life and how to be a good steward with our time.

A limit exists to how much we can prevent life from imposing itself upon us. Each of our lives is inseparably connected to the lives of others.  For instance, you may need to help care for an elderly parent or family member. You didn’t ask for that, but you have it. The only way we can get through the challenges of life is by determining what’s important and disciplining ourselves to focus on those things first.

Think about Jesus. While He was on earth, He was clothed in human flesh. Hence, He was physically confined. He couldn’t be everywhere solving everybody’s problem. He didn’t try to because that was not His mission. Jesus knew what His mission was, He focused on the mission, and He did that with perfection.

We tend to overrate the importance of some things in our life at the expense of other things that truly are important. Overrated activities may include things such as a hobby or a personal routine. For instance, your daily trip to Starbucks for coffee. Or your weekly trip to the golf course. Those things in the life of some people are overrated. At the same time, we may underrate some things that really are important.

Sitting at the Feet of Jesus

One day Jesus stopped by the house of Martha and her sister Mary. When He arrived, Mary sat down at His feet and heard Him speak. Martha, on the other hand, was busy serving and trying to be a good host. She went to Jesus and said Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me alone to serve.

“Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things.” Jesus said (Luke 10:41, KJV). “But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her” (verse 42).

What Jesus says about Martha is true about many of us today. We are full of care and troubled about many things. Amidst it all, there is one thing that we need to make our priority. That is to spend time with the Lord daily and let Him speak to us through His Word and through prayer.

For some of us, however, we are so busy trying to manage everything in life that we may leave our need to connect with God to chance. We say if I get around to spending time with God, OK. But if not, that’s OK too. But if you are willing to leave it to chance, then it’s not important to you. One does not leave to chance what's important.

With time, life will become increasingly more demanding upon our limited time. The best single thing you can do to succeed is to make it a priority to spend time alone with the Lord each day. Your time with Him will positively impact every aspect of your day.