Your Agenda

Student agendas are popular nowadays. Many new school-year agendas are issued this time of year, and most students find them a cool new thing! That’s how I feel about a new calendar or journal. Usually, I can hardly wait to start writing in it!

What’s your primary purpose in life? The question really isn’t grounds for some deep philosophical mind-cruncher! The primary purpose of a picture frame is to hold a photo; reading glasses to magnify; a trash bag to hold trash – really, a purpose is fairly elementary. By design, each Christian is commanded: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.” (Matthew 22:37-38). I fear too many “spiritual agendas” become so full of other endeavors, this clear command takes backseat. Much like a new calendar, journal, or agenda, our life-goal loses its appeal and before long we don’t even remember the reason we’re here. Loving the Lord with all that is within us is not a sidebar to living life – it’s how God intends us to … live life! One of my favorite quotes is “Christianity is not a way of doing certain things; it is a certain way of doing all things.” What’s on your agenda today? For the Redeemed, it must be loving God and honoring Him in every possible way. Clear your agenda today … and live!