The past few months, God has really been getting a hold of me concerning my life, priorities, and the impact that I can have in this life. Many times I feel like I have settled for the status Quo. (Like many of us) I have been challenged by God and other situations in my life to not settle for mediocrity. I don’t want to be normal. I want to always allow God to challenge me to be better, to do more, and always keep my priorities in check. I don’t want to be the guy that works all day and then comes home and plops in front of a TV all night. I want to be challenged, and I want to allow God to do great things through me. He wants to do great things, and has done some already. But I think he wants to do even more. The key to Him doing more through me is to be more disciplined and focused.

Here are some of my goals for this year…. (not in order of importance)

-Be healthier. This will happen through diet and exercise. I will exercise more and eat better. I want it to be a lifestyle, not just a fad.
-Be wiser. This will happen by more time with God, and allowing the Holy Spirit to work through me more. Continued time in the Word. I will continue to work on my Masters Degree as well this year.
-Be a better leader. This will take place by cutting out the things in my life that will not grow me. (TV, movies, other wasted time, ect.) I need to read more and fill my mind and life with things that will stretch me.
-Be a better husband and father. This will happen by a not allowing other outside influences to rob me of my essential time with my family.

Many of these goals have time involved. And I look at my schedule and my life, and realize that there is not a lot of extra time. So to free up time I must cut some things out. Those things will be TV, sleep, (I like to sleep, probably to much.) and other things that really are not that important.

What are your goals? How are you going to impact your world around you? What are you going to do?

2 comments

1. Scott Plumley on January 7, 2009 9:09 PM

   Dude - you can do it! I'm right there with ya - especially the TV thing....things recently have really allowed me to re-focus on what's important and how I treat myself in the process...God didn't create me to be a loof!I'll ask ya how it's going from time to time if you return the favor...

    
2. Our Ministry on January 8, 2009 6:48 PM

   sounds good man.