Sunday Devotion

Psalm 37:4-5--(4)Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shall give
thee the desires of thine heart. (5)Commit thy way unto the Lord;
trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.

I once heard a minister say, "Peace is not an accident. It is the product of a
well-ordered life." The order of our life should be: God, husband, children,
job, ministry. When we make the concerted effort to keep these in line, or
"in order," we will see how effortlessly we will flow from one role to another. It
is when we work to do things ourselves, in our own strength and wisdom, or when
we get the order out of line that each one of these roles begin to feel too hard,
too impossible, or too burdensome.

It becomes hard to open our Bible or spend time in prayer and fellowship with God.
It becomes tempting to refrain from being a joyful and virtuous wife who showers
her husband with love, respect, and honor. It becomes like walking on hot coals to
teach our children what is right and patiently invest time and energy into them.
It becomes like a ball and chain to work at our job and do the work fully and with our
greatest energy. And it becomes obsolete to be a productive member of the Body
of Christ and to reach our hands out with the Gospel.

It is absolutely necessary for us to put and keep our lives in their proper order.
One builds off the other. Having God first allows us to have communication with
Him unhindered and, thus, gives us access to the secrets of successful living. Having
our husbands second allows us to have someone in our corner for the issues of
life and help for raising our children. Having our children third teaches them that
they are important, but that our faith walk and marriage covenant have to honored
so that we can be the Mommy that they need and deserve. Our children need to see
that our relationship with God and our husband is paramount to our journey as a Mommy.

Finally, we have our job and ministry. Whether we work from home or in the work force,
having all those other things higher in priority will help us do our best because we are
doing it for them.

Let's pull back our lives into their proper order. Let's get things in their right perspective.
That will open doors for the peace that successful walks of life need.

Confession: I delight myself in my Heavenly Father. I keep my life in
order. God is first, then my husband, then my children, then my job,
and then my ministry of life. God has equipped me to succeed in every
part of my life. I will see His goodness in my household as I keep
things in their proper order.