Lists

Are you a list-maker? Lists of things to pick up at the store, lists of tasks that must be done this week, lists of people to call or email, lists of jobs needing to be done around the house. The list of lists could go on and on.

On a self-adhesive note write a list of three things that need to get done in the next hour. Take the time to actually write them; writing them makes the plan for your next hour more deliberate. If you still aren’t writing, you're probably thinking about how spending this time finding a self-adhesive note and taking time to write a short list on it is time better spent actually doing what's going on that list!

Once you have your list completed (yes, that means you have to go back and actually write your list!), read the following sentence out loud;

For the next hour, I have decided the following three things are what I most need to be doing: (then read your list).

Now turn your note over. Spend the next minute talking with God about your list. Ask Him what He wants on your list. Ask Him how He wants you to spend the next hour. Open your heart to His will.

Amen.

On the blank side of the note, write three things you know are important to God and consider how you are going to use the next hour, the hour He has given you, to do the work He has planned for you. Be sure to place your note in your appointment book or some other prominent place as a reminder to put God first on every list you make.

Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. – Psalm 16:3