My mama said many meaningful things to me over my lifetime, one of the most recent centers on work and effort. We were in the kitchen cooking dinner and I had just made a decision to downgrade my complicated meal choice for an easier option and she encouraged me by saying, “make life easy for yourself.” Whenever I find myself overwhelmed by my massive to-do list I come back to her words, and her message which boils down to this: ‘work smarter, not harder.’
One of the smartest “work smarter, not harder” strategies you can employ is to prioritize Jesus. When you do this, the God who knows all your needs will supply you with a workable system to get things done. Often times I feel that we don’t prioritize time with Jesus, because we don’t fully trust Him. We don’t take Him at His word that He will indeed supply all of our needs.
I’m calling Steeped a challenge because I want to encourage you to try Him. To test Him. To try life the Matthew 6:33 way and see how big God shows up in your life!
Gary Keller’s book, The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results has transformed the way I see a lot of things. He would call his team weekly, and at the end of his phone calls, he would recap their conversation and summarize their to-do lists. When he found that this wasn’t working, and they were not meeting their set goals, he changed his approach and whittled down the list to three to-do items
in the upcoming week, that didn’t work either! Out of frustration he randomly asked, “what’s the one thing you can do this week such that by doing it everything else would be easier or unnecessary?” And what do you know, this worked! Narrowing down the list to one thing was the sweet spot.
The one thing that Christian women can do is get steeped each and every day. Spending time with the Lord will result in clarity, a reduction in anxiousness, and a tailored road map to reach your daily destination.
So, I am asking you to do the crazy thing. The Mary thing. Ignore the fact that you haven’t done laundry in 2 weeks and that you don’t have any more clean spoons in the house. I’m asking you to ignore all of that and go to the feet of Jesus before you do anything else each morning. May His word be a lamp unto your feet and a light unto your path.
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