Once you have established your goals and priorities, it is important to inspect your attitude towards each of these areas of life. This is where the goals start coming into place. Over the next few posts we will be looking at how our goals help us in shaping and directing our growth and lives.
Before we do that, however, it is important to look at another aspect that is critical in balancing our lives. In many different places in scriptures we are admonish to focus on others rather than on ourselves. Selflessness has been stressed as a principal trait of the Christian's character. However, out of balance selflessness can become very destructive and dangerous.
On one hand, we are called to provide for our neighbors in need. We are challenged by stories such as the poor widow that shared her last meal with the prophet Elijah (1 King 17:8-16), or the rich young ruler to whom Jesus told that, in order to enter into His Kingdom, he needed to give away all his possessions and follow him (Mark 10:21). On the other hand, we are told that we need to be good stewards of what we are given, including our bodies, finances, and health.
There is a balance between focusing on others and focusing on self, and it all pivots on the attitudes of our hearts. If we focus too much on others, we will neglect the duties to our families and ourselves. If we focus too much on ourselves, we will become selfish and self-centered. Neither extreme shows the balance that we have been studying about so far.
We will continue discussing the balance between the needs of others and our own tomorrow.
Before we do that, however, it is important to look at another aspect that is critical in balancing our lives. In many different places in scriptures we are admonish to focus on others rather than on ourselves. Selflessness has been stressed as a principal trait of the Christian's character. However, out of balance selflessness can become very destructive and dangerous.
On one hand, we are called to provide for our neighbors in need. We are challenged by stories such as the poor widow that shared her last meal with the prophet Elijah (1 King 17:8-16), or the rich young ruler to whom Jesus told that, in order to enter into His Kingdom, he needed to give away all his possessions and follow him (Mark 10:21). On the other hand, we are told that we need to be good stewards of what we are given, including our bodies, finances, and health.
There is a balance between focusing on others and focusing on self, and it all pivots on the attitudes of our hearts. If we focus too much on others, we will neglect the duties to our families and ourselves. If we focus too much on ourselves, we will become selfish and self-centered. Neither extreme shows the balance that we have been studying about so far.
We will continue discussing the balance between the needs of others and our own tomorrow.
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