Yesterday during our Chapel Chat, we had a heart to heart about the difference between a co-pilot the driver. I realted to a Jeep Rally that my son and I went on . . here is a picture from the event.

I likend church involvment and ownership like the difference between the two seats in a car the passanger may do all the talking they want, but it's the onwer of the car that has their hands on the wheel, doing all the effort.

Here is another related devotional that I found on a site I view from time to time.

Slow Down!
By: Kristen L. McNulty

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"You're rushing, doing everything anything on the verge Not even thinking about what if you're doing is absurd I don't mean to be the one to cut in, but you might want to stop and think about what you're doing."

Everyday Sunday- Wait

Those lyrics some from the song Wait by Everyday Sunday and they were the inspiration for tonight's impact devotional.

I've often wondered how people can go through life and not even stop to ponder what the purpose of their day-to-day activities are. I've seen people rush and do activity after activity and after a while have no idea why they are doing what they are doing.

I think the reason we don't give ourselves the opportunity to stop and reflect about anything is because we are way to busy. That is why it is possible, and so often occurs, that people only really start to question the purpose of their lives in their later years. We often see seniors who can't "go, go, go" anymore, looking back over their lives and seeing the mistakes, the regrets, the things they would have changed. It's unfortunate that they waited until their senior years to realize this because in most cases it's too late to change.

What would happen if people in their 20's, 30's and 40's took the time to decide what's really important and adjust their schedules according to those priorties? I'm convinced that if we took the time to do that before our senior years, the following would happen:

-God would become a bigger part of most people's lives.
-Families would be attended to and be healthier as a result.
-Marriages would be stronger and therefore the divorce rate would drop.

And Money would become less of a motivation.

But you see, these things aren't occurring. Why? Because Satan knows these truths as well as God does, so he does everything in his power to make sure we are so busy that we don't reflect until it's too late to change.

This is even occurring in the Christian community. We are often running from activity to activity without taking the time to examine what we're doing this all for. It's so easy for us to assume that just because we're busy with so called Godly things that it's right. Well, I hate to burst your bubble, but just because you're busy with church or religion doesn't make it right and it doesn't mean that you're not going to have regrets.

Let's use an example. Let's say you're the mother or father of two kids. As a parent your first responsibility is your children, they are your ministry. If the only so called "Christian" thing you accomplish is raising to Godly children, that is of more eternal significance than you filling your days with church activities while ignoring what's going on at home.

You see, the most important thing you can do is to have a good relationship with God and your family. If after that you have time for a ministry outside of the home, that's great but don't let the ministry become more of a focus in your life than the one you are supposed to be ministering for. Like Jesus said in John 6:27, "Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that I, the Son of Man, can give you. For God the Father has sent me for that very purpose." Jesus didn't say spend your energy on a soup kitchen or even a radio show. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that Jesus can give you. If the day ever comes that I get so busy I'm running around like a chicken without a head on, I'd much rather drop this radio show than sacrifice the time I spend growing in my faith. Even though I enjoy it, even though it is making a difference. If I do not spend the time looking after my spiritual walk, then I can do this show but God would not honor it because I would not be honoring Him with my life and therefore with this show.

Let me ask you: Have you sacrificed your time with God to do so-called Godly things? If so, you need to change this, even if that means taking some time off or even stepping aside from ministry for a while. Even if that means turning down expansions or promotions or opportunities.

Also, have you decided what's important in your life and then adjusted your schedule accordingly? If not, please do so. It would be a disaster to discover at 80 the things you should have changed at 50 or 30 or 20. Take the time now to determine your priorities and then give them priority on your schedule. Even if that means change. Even if that means dropping one thing for the sake of another.

This week I would like to challenge everyone out there listening to this to take some time in prayer to examine your schedule with God. If there's a conflict in what God wants versus what you are doing, it's less painful to figure that out now and change it, than for it to be too late to change it at all.