Prioritizing God

In a culture obsessed with busyness, we often find ourselves filling our lives like jars packed with countless small obligations and medium-sized commitments, only to discover there's no room left for what truly matters. This message challenges us with a powerful visual metaphor: our life is a jar, and we must decide what goes in first. The profound truth from John 10:10 reminds us that while the enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy through overwhelming busyness, Jesus offers us life to the full—super abundant in quantity and superior in quality. The turning point comes from an often-overlooked moment in Scripture: twelve-year-old Jesus staying behind in the temple, declaring he must be about his Father's business. Even at that young age, Jesus understood that spiritual priorities aren't about checking religious boxes—they're about putting the 'God rock' in first. When we examine our exhaustion and constant sense of being overwhelmed, we discover it's not a time management problem requiring a bigger jar or more hours in the day. It's a priority problem. The transformative solution lies in Colossians 3, where we're called to put off the old self and put on the new self, being renewed in knowledge and in the image of our Creator. This renewal—this refreshing and rejuvenating of our spirit—happens through both private devotional time and corporate worship. When we make God our first priority rather than another item on our endless to-do list, we position ourselves to experience the Isaiah 40:31 promise: those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength and soar on wings like eagles, running without growing weary.