Just One Thing
Faith @ Work Monthly Message: January 14, 2008
Featured Speaker: Karen Warin
What would it look like, on a day-to-day basis, to have Jesus be your ONE THING? Would your attitude change? Would your activities change? What about your relationships? Notice in Matthew 6:33 that God didn’t say, “Seek ONLY His kingdom and His righteousness.” He said, “Seek FIRST…” This is a message God has been teaching me for a while now, and I wanted to share what I’m learning , so I spoke at our January luncheon about “Just One Thing”.
Putting Christ first is a daily challenge for me because I am a control freak! Something inside of me says that I have to be in control of everything! I am the Martha of Luke 10:38-41, whom Jesus gently chastised when He said, “you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only a few things are necessary, really only one…” I am motivated when I read those words, but I’m constantly forgetting how to put them into practice. So I’ve collected for myself some rules and tools to help me focus, first and foremost, on Christ.
- Focus on the solution, not the problem. When a worry or bother enters your mind, pursue the One who has the answers.
- Practice “listening prayer”. God says “Be still and know that I am God”. Let Him speak to you.
- Take a personal retreat. (Click here to read how).
- Improve your daily quiet time (Read How to Have a Quiet Time” by Ruth Myers).
This is the prayer I’m praying to God as I seek to put Him first: “In willing surrender and passionate longing let me take (Christ) to my heart, that henceforth I may live as He lived, love as He loved, and, following His footsteps, bring help to the needy, courage to the weak, comfort to the sorrowing, and hope to the lost.” (taken from “The Incarnation: An Anthology”, Christmas Day Prayer, Anonymous)
