I was reading a devotional this morning about priorities. The writer said something that resonated with me. She was talking about finding time to do something extra that a friend had suggested. Here’s what she wrote: "Where will I ever find the time for that? But I don’t so much have a full life as I have a very comfortable routine, one that requires little thought as I move through it. What I really need to do is to start with a blank piece of paper and revamp my routine completely to find the time for priorities and eliminate some of the junk that creeps in, perhaps accompanied by a very loud voice but of very little importance."

Wow! How many times in your life have you made the excuse that you have no time? Whether it’s a personal development program, coffee with an old friend, projects around the house, cleaning up your file drawers or picking up the phone to call that prospect on your list that you’ve been fearful of. The truth is that we all have the same amount of time. How we use it is key. What the writer of this morning’s devotional was talking about was time with God.

Where is God these days anyway? He’s pretty absent from the business world. In fact, he’s pretty absent from the whole world. Heck, we keep him in a little box until Sunday morning or maybe Wednesday night. Then we pull him out for an hour, but first we look around to make sure no one’s looking. Then we push him back into the box where he stays until the next time we need him. Or we disguise him as some force or spirit in the universe so we can pretend that he’s not a real person with real laws to follow and real consequences attached to those laws. In essence we’ve created a god using our own rules that fits our lifestyle. That’s a very dangerous move.

The point is this: We need to re-examine our routines. There’s plenty of time to do things we want to do and there’s plenty of time to do the things we should be doing. Priorities are important and at the top of the list should be time with God. When you start the list with the right thing, the rest of the list only gets easier. I want you to think about where God is in your life. If you’ve buried him away somewhere or hidden him behind some politically correct facade, consider putting him back where he always intended to be – as the number one priority in your life. Then you will begin to experience the meaning of real self improvement.

I know you can do it and I definitely believe in you!