Another P: Priorities

Every once in a while we need to take the time to get alone and assess our Priorities. Are we putting God first in all that we do? Even in our ministries it can become about the church or us and God is kind of put on the back burner. I know you all have heard the cliche "keep the main thing the main thing" but it is so true. When you get up in the morning try asking God; "Lord what would you have me do with your time today?" or "What would You have me do with Your money today?".
This is much harder when you are involved in a technical ministry when a lot of what you do centers on equipment rather than people. I try hard to not get wrapped up in making a service about the technology. It is such a fine line.
Another thing about being involved in a technical ministry is the time involved to make something right. We have to be careful about neglecting other areas because we are so involved in making an element of the service as perfect as humanly possible. This is where a good media ministry team can alleviate the burden of a leader and each other.
We must keep ourselves from becoming too busy for God. And it happens even in ministry. Our worship pastor posted an article in our church newspaper in which he took an entry from a devotional book printed in 1953. An excerpt from that devotional stated;

Christians are too busy even with good things, and the best thing -- to know God -- gets away.

Another excerpt stated;

If you are too busy to find time for God, you are too busy, You have received a charge to keep, and if your busyness keeps you from being about your Father's business, you are a poor business man! Take time for God!

All of that to lead into a post that Gary Lamb put up on his Mad Babble From A Church Planter blog titled Worthless... Once again God uses Gary to speak to me along with others to show me that I'm getting too busy to know God and what He really wants for my life.