1-My Savior 2-My wife 3-My boys 4-My business 5-Me
Matthew 11:28-30 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
I was talking to a friend yesterday about my life load. The “to do” list; the things pressing with owning a business, going to school, and being a dad and husband. His question was how do you do it; my reply was I don’t know. I always jokingly comment, “I am working on project 369, section 4, article b.” To be honest I have a list on my computer of my order of priorities:
1-My Savior 2-My wife 3-My boys 4-My business 5-Me
There are daily struggles for constant realignment of that list. Mostly from a business that still tries to command #1. I have come to the point in my life of realizing what is important, and therefore the list. Do you have a list? Do you stick to it? Should you make one?
In these passages Christ was speaking to the Jews who were living under the legalism that the religious leaders of the day had placed on them. The requirements of the “to do’s and don’t do’s” almost boarder on comical. They were pressured to believe they could not go to heaven if they did not follow the rules; yet there were so many rules no one could go. The laws of the system were to point them to the need for a Savior, and He stood before them. He was about to satisfy the Law they lived under; so they could rest in the grace that He was about to provide. Colossians 2:14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
This world we live in can be overbearing. We live in a world of expected immediacy, expected slavery to our careers, expected success and material prizes; expected to keep our eyes on all the temporary stuff that will all perish when we die. Nothing you do today will be carried with you to the next life other than your investment in your relationship with Christ, and your investment in those around you starting with your family. Nothing can replace the gift of teaching your children about Christ and priorities in life by living that example before them.
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