Only Today Counts!
Hey Friends,
It is amazing that I am still writing blog posts from ideas I received while at an Equip Roundtable event. Some great leaders were there and it was mega-impactful for me. During a Q & A time, I asked John Maxwell a question: “How do you read a room and the activity of the Holy Spirit so well?” The question stumped him for a minute and I loved that.
Then John gave us all a great nugget: “I live in the moment!” Basically, he was saying that only today really counts. The Scripture is clear that none of us are promised tomorrow. “Do not boast about tomorrow for you do not know what a day may bring.” “We are here today and gone tomorrow.” So live to the max right now!
One cool thing John said that he does is to prep for every day. He reviews his whole day’s schedule and then picks out what is most important – the place he feels he has to hit a home run. Since no one hits a home run at everything, he picks the most important part of each day and prepares for it and lives each day as if it were his last. Great advice!
Today is Friday as I am writing this post. I am preparing for the upcoming weekend. What is the most important thing I will do this weekend? Preach five services. I need to prepare to hit a home run for and with Jesus.
Today, I am off and working at home. The most important thing I will do this day is go to dinner with my son, Zac. I want to hit a home run when I spend time with him. There is nothing more important I will do today.
Wherever you are, be there fully. Live today like it is your last and squeeze every drop out of it.
Where do you need to hit a home run today?
Here for you,
Pastor Chris
3 Comments
What a great reminder…it is so easy to forget to prioritize, and then we lose precious moments with the things that matter most.
It reminds me of an analogy I read awhile back…A teacher had a gallon mason jar, in which he placed several large rocks. When he asked the class if it was full, they answered “Yes.” Next, the teacher poured smaller rocks into the jar, filling empty spaces around the big rocks. “Is the jar full now?” he asked. “Yes,” the class replied. The teacher then poured sand into the jar. This time when he asked if the jar was full, the class was quiet, wondering what was coming next. The teacher proceded to pour water into the jar up to the brim. The point, he told the class, is that we have to put the “big rocks” in first, or we will not be able to fit them in at all.
The “big rocks” are the most important things…God, our family, etc. If we fill our jars with small things first, we won’t have room to really include the big things, the ones that should have first place any way.
Love this blog. We can’t hit home runs at everything, every day, all the time. But we can certainly hit home runs once a day.
Fantastic points, and a great way to focus your energy.
I often feel like a failure at so much that I do, but you are right, you cant be perfect at everything.
I think that this way of thinking will help lots of people live each day better than they have been.