MIXED UP PRIORITIES!

"After whom the king of Israel come out? After whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea?". 1 Samuel 24:14. This morning God spoke to me about our priorities. Here David is saying "Saul had mixed up priorities, He symbolizes those who waste time and energy. "Saul what are you doing? You're a mighty king. It doesn't make sense for you to waste your time and energy on the likes of me. In that culture, dogs were not highly regarded when they are alive, let alone dead..good for nothing? Fleas are difficult to catch, elusive, worthless when captured. Well my friend, How about your life? Are you going after dead dogs or fleas? Recently I read in a magazine about a survey. People over ninety were asked, "If you had your life to live over what you would do differently?" Three answers were common. 1) I'd spend more time with my family and friends. 2) I'd take more risks. 3) I'd do things that live on after I'm gone. Hey, do you have wisdom to overlook what is unimportant? Petty things steal too much of our time and we finish up living for wrong reasons. The secret of successful and purposeful living is to have wisdom for "planned neglect". Several years ago I read in a magazine 300 whales died mysteriously because they pursued a school of sardines and ended up marooned in a bay. Bro: what is your "most important thing" or "priority" to accomplish your vision? The reason most major goals are not achieved is that we spend too much of our time doing second things first. AND DON'T YOU MAKE A MISTAKE OF THINKING GOD IS SECOND THING. Make HIM first. There is never a right time to do wrong thing. Be sure to include the Lord in this process every step of the way. Well that is my take on it. How about you??..Humm...yeah!!