But...it is undone!

Oswald Chambers reminded us, "The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone." Perhaps a good start to our new year would be to look at the things we have labeled as 'important' in our lives but are really not all that important after all. When we begin to look at some of the stuff that has consumed our time, talent, energies, and finances, we might just conclude these have been a bit too focused on one thing at the exclusion of perhaps a myriad of other things. The most beneficial thing we can do at times is to evaluate where our priorities have 'drifted'. I use the term 'drifted' because we usually don't even realize we have been investing so much into something that isn't really all that good for our lives in the first place.

...let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. (Hebrews 12:1-2)

What is it you and I need to leave behind this year? When we become honest with ourselves, we might just realize we have been engaging in things that have been timewasters, spending in ways that aren't really all that wise, or even pursuing a relationship or two that we have no real business pursuing. The whole point of making a 'new year's resolution' is so that we will look at what needs to be 'different' in our lives, isn't it? I am not encouraging us to make any such resolutions today, but I do think an 'introspective inspection' might just expose something that has robbed us of our Christ-centered focus. We might not even realize it, but when we ask for his help to identify what might have done it, he doesn't hesitate to show us!

The whole point of getting things done is to keep Christ first in our lives - everything else falls into place when this is the case. If we have been struggling, motivation lacking in some area, or just plain been too wrapped up in things that we know have distracted us from our relationship with Jesus, it is high time we get his help to get back on course. It could be time to 'leave undone' some of those things we thought were so important and take up those things we have neglected for way too long. Just sayin!