Who’s First?

I love to go to Starbucks in the morning after my quiet time with God for some quiet time with T.J.  I think that it is so important to take some time each day to look at yourself introspectively and to plan your day.  I like having time for myself where I can evaluate where I am in life, how my relationship with God is, how did I treat others yesterday and how can I do a better job today.  It is so important that I am healthy.  I want to lead my family from a healthy place.  It is hard to give and receive love when you don’t love yourself.  If you are not willing to invest in yourself, it is really hard to invest in others.  I find that when I give some of my day to God first and then to myself, I am so much more productive.  I also see people so much more differently, I don’t see them as a distraction or disturbance in my day but I see them for them.

The Bible talks a lot about seeking the Lord early, in fact King David said, “early will I seek you.”  I believe that when we seek the Lord early it establishes him as the first priority in life.  God wants to be first in all of our lives but so many times we give our first to other things and make those things rulers in our lives.  I like to establish right away that God is first in my life, but then I am second so that I can then give my best to others.  A person who does not love God and themselves will find it very difficult to love others.

Who or what are you putting first today?