Day 39: Balancing Your Life

This blog won’t long at all. Why? You ask. Because it is hitting way to close to home. Lately I have been feeling out of sorts, actually “unbalanced.” So today’s devotion is right on time, yet challenging. There always seems to be so many things to juggle and I struggle with where to find the time to fit things in. As I look as the purposes we have explored, I wonder where the “non-church” things fit in….So I made myself a little chart to try to encompass my life within these 5 purposes, to see if (1) it can be done and (2)have a wholistic approach to this so that I am not trying to track a bunch of unconnected things. So here’s my stab at it:

Worship	Fellowship	Discipleship
Church Private worship My body is God’s Temple Exercise Eat right Regular medical exams	Church family Maintain Relationship with those who may not necessarily be part of Church Biological family Friends and Signifi­cant relation­ships	Read the Word daily with an eye toward application Pray daily and without ceasing Attend Bible study weekly Tithe-we grow through giving, Jesus said that where our treasures are, there our hearts will be also
Ministry	Evangelism
Produce prayed over, prepared sermons and Bible studies Develop ministries and ministry leaders in Body of Christ	Develop stronger sermon invitations Take advantage of everyday opportunities to share the Gospel Invite 1 person to Church each week Show the love of Christ in daily living

Because I work in ministry full-time, my ministry section is my job section. For those of you who work in secular professions, you can place what you do in the Evangelism section because we witness by being good stewards of our jobs and working with excellence, integrity, and love. I challenge to begin working on your own charts and continue to develop them. See how what you fits into these 5 purposes and check up on yourself regularly.