19 Mar First Things First (Worship is not just the song that I sing, but the life that I live) Part 5

Our lives actually revolve around what we spend most of our time, talent,
treasure, thoughts and talk on. Notice what Paul said by the Holy Spirit, “When Christ, who is
our life, shall appear, then shall you also appear with him in glory.” Notice this phrase “Christ,
who is my life.” Not Christ who is part of my life…but Christ who IS my life! Paul’s life revolved
around Christ and His kingdom.

In this question I asked earlier, there are so many things our life could revolve around:
1. Money 6. Social media
2. Career 7. Your spouse
3. Sports 8. Your children
4. Power 9. Your phone
5. Sex 10. Acceptance

On and on our list could go. If your time, talent, treasure, thought and talk revolve around any
of these things, you will never experience the peace, joy, purpose and fulfillment, destiny and
satisfaction God wants you to enjoy. So let’s see if we can’t fix some of our priorities.

Over the past few weeks we began to share with you “10 First Fixes”:
1. Worship is not just the song that you sing, but the life that you live.
2. When you come to church on Sunday…don’t come to worship, bring your worship
with you. Then take it home on Monday!

This week we continue our series:

3. Quit treating God like a spare tire…you only pull Him out in emergencies.
Please don’t mistake me if you are in an emergency, the best person to “pull out” is
certainly God. The Bible tells us, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord
delivers him out of them all.” (Ps. 34:19). Notice the plurality of problems “Many are the
afflictions of the righteous.” Notice the singularity of the answer, “THE Lord delivers us
out of them all.”

So please, call upon Him in emergencies! However if that is the only time we ever call
on Him, we are inadvertently ensuring our next emergency! Imagine if the only time
you ever talked to your spouse was in an emergency…you would not have much of a
relationship!

4. Once you pull God out…keep Him out!
Don’t treat God like Aladdin…a genie in a bottle!
At Joy Church, we always encourage people to give God their “first 15.” Everyday spend
five minutes in the Word, five minutes in praise and five minutes in prayer. This is no
place to end but a good place to start! Anybody can give God his or her first 15! That
way you can be proactive in life instead of reacting to life!

Join us over the next few weeks as we continue our series…