Prioritizing What's Important

We live in a busy world. It's easy to get distracted. It's easy to become too involved in things that take away our focus from what is most important: loving and serving our Savior, Jesus Christ, and those around us.

Does your life ever feel like this?

How do we prioritize what is most important so that we don't end up frazzled and lost like the cars on this highway?

I'm reminded of an analogy I've heard many times. Imagine you have a glass jar half full of sand. You need to place several large rocks in the jar, but they simply won't fit.

Problem

In this analogy, the glass jar represents our time, the sand represents unimportant things, and the rocks represent important tasks that ought to receive our full attention. With so much sand in our lives, how can we ever find time for the rocks?

Solution

The answer is found in changing our perspective. If we empty the sand from the jar and place the rocks inside first, we will find that all the rocks can fit comfortably inside. Now there is room for the sand to fit around the rocks.

In similar fashion, if we prioritize important things first, we will find that there is room for those day-to-day, mundane tasks.

Put the gospel of Jesus Christ first, and you'll have time for everything else that is important to you. Put anything else first, and you'll have a schedule full of empty living.

How can we put Jesus Christ first in our lives?