One Thing
January 12th, 2010 by AaronA couple of Sundays ago we were challenged to think about what “one thing” we feel that God has for us to do. At first I felt like this was just a really good effort at filling a week with a first of the year sermon before Craig launched into the Margin series that I knew he was very excited about. I mean you hear so many things at the first of the year about resolutions and making changes and really examining your life. And I know I’ve had so many years where all of that examining didn’t necessarily add up to a whole lot of change throughout the year, so hear was just another talk about the same old topics you expect to hear at the New Year…or was it?
You see there was one key difference in this talk and that was the reminder to set your mind on the things that God has for you to do. To seek his will for what one thing you would need to focus on so that all other things seem to fall in line behind it. This dove-tailed beautifully into Margin as we were reminded that we can be so distracted by many good things that we lose sight of the one best thing. By doing less things and taking time to really seek God’s direction before moving, we reduce a lot of wasted effort chasing hunches about his will.
So my one thing is to build more consistency in my practice of reading his word. Which has been greatly helped with my reading plan from youversion.com. I am trusting in the Lord that by doing this one simple thing, he will bless my path in 2010 and many years to come. What is your one thing this year? How did you figure that out?