Five Life Choices
At the very least, if God is with you and you have the ability, you can put in some work and you can be good.
Season 5, Episode 37 · Five Life Choices
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The story behind the idea
Can you make those distinctions with the various things that you're engaging in in your life? Things where average is fine because it isn't that important, and things where excellence is demanded by God and hopefully of yourself. I could talk all day and reflect on things I loved about Tony.
What stands out
The key is whatever that is for you, you have to decide this matters. God has invested in me, this is in front of me, and this is important. My thing is once you've made that decision, make good the floor and let's see what some effort can do from there. A second thing, and we've already kind of talked about it, is that he twice mentions God in this in terms of God seeding abilities in you.
Why it matters
What are things in your life right now that you are doing that really truly matter? Things that you know matter not only to you, but to other people around you and to God. Then I'd ask you one to five, I mean, where do you want to be on that?
A faithful way forward
One of my best friends, 15 years older than me, just left this earth. He did all he could do at the level that he labored to do it, and then he leaves that for his family and friends and loved ones. It's exactly like Solomon said, the living, you and me, we take that to heart and we reevaluate.
Put it into practice
I pray several times a day, but honestly, it's not fully focused, and you try to move the needle on that one thing. It may be that the key to an elite prayer life for you may simply be the variety, that you just haven't brought enough of your life to God or enough situations and people. Those feel like specific enough, bite-sized enough efforts that you can work on. If you just gave attention to the weakest of those four things, it would change the average, and before you know it, you'd be at 3.5 and growing.
Take the idea with you.
- 01What idea from this study most needs my attention right now?
- 02Where does this challenge the way I am currently thinking or living?
- 03What is one faithful step I can take this week?
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