“Do first things first, don’t do second things”
This morning I went to a district clergy meeting (where about 40-50 pastor types gather on a monthly basis for a program and connecting time). The speaker talked about passion and the most important thing he said was about passion, about doing the things God has wired us and given us a passion for first. Those kinds of activities give us back energy and don’t take it away. Anything else is a waste of the gifts God has given us. He spoke of them as first things and second things. The first things are the ones on which we need to spend our time. the second things are not unimportant but we need to find others for whom those second things (for us) are first things (for them) so that we can cooperate and accomplish all the tasks in a way that glorifies God.
I think this blog deserves an Amen.
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Sometimes I have dificulty differentiating between the first and second thing. The first thing, the deepest passion/gift does not always fit into the practicality of my life and the daily necessities (many of the second things I suppose) I must attend to survive. I struggle to know and do the first thing.