Good morning!
Do you have a life list? I had a chance to uncover a list I made in August 2019 and it spurred me on to think further about the idea of what are my core values.
Here is the list I made back in August 2019 - I actually did this on my wife’s birthday that year. How does this apply to my daily life and maybe to yours?…
My Life List:
I think a life list, if properly captured can be an outpouring of how I might effectively live out my core values.
I believe this quote by John Maxwell gets to how core values apply to daily living - “Your core values are the deeply held beliefs that authentically describe your soul.” – this applies to individuals as well as organizations…and I think this speaks to understanding how we live in Christ.
When I think about core values, I believe they come from God - He, through His word, help us understand who and what we should value. I read a daily devotional email from someone I admire and he has done an amazing job documenting his core values, giving himself guide posts to live by.
As i think about my life list above, although I think it is a good start, I feel the need to revisit my core values and then take time to re-assess my life list to make sure it supports living out my core values.
I sense/hear Jesus Christ calling out to me to pause and take the time to walk through this exercise as a way to draw near to Him in my daily walk with Him (see James 4:8, Hebrews 4:16; 7:19, 25; 10:1, 22, 25; 11:16). The word “anchor” comes to mind – Jesus Christ is our anchor. He has provided us the way to connect ourselves to Him as our anchor, through Him, now, if believers, as children of God, the veil has been torn open (Matthew 27:51). When we accept the gift of salvation in Jesus Christ offered to us, we are casting off the chains of the anchor of the world – and in our acceptance of the gift, in the surrender of our lives to Christ, we are chaining ourselves to the One sure anchor in life.
Knowing our core values as anchored (Hebrews 6:19) in our faith in Jesus Christ is like building our house on the rock and not the sand (Matthew 7:23-25).
I am glad that the Holy Spirit resurfaced the life list I had produced several years ago moving it back to the forefront for me. I pray that I keep this piece of meditating in Him out front. I look forward to spending time in God's Word in order to let God set the core values that drive my life list. And that this represents and authentically describes my heart and soul in Jesus Christ.
Lord Jesus, my prayer for each of us as we go into this weekend is that each of us finds a way in the coming days, weeks, months and years, to keep You, Lord Jesus centered in our lives, that we see the framework God has provided for us to live in You, for His glory! Amen!
Have a weekend filled with the Peace that comes from knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
Patrick
Do you have a life list? I had a chance to uncover a list I made in August 2019 and it spurred me on to think further about the idea of what are my core values.
Here is the list I made back in August 2019 - I actually did this on my wife’s birthday that year. How does this apply to my daily life and maybe to yours?…
My Life List:
- Time spent with Jesus –
- every morning;
- every evening;
- everyday
- Best effort in everything I do - not perfection
- Be a Philippians 2:1-8 person – live in service to others:
- Wife / family
- Neighbors
- Friends
- Strangers
- Enemies – or those very different from me
- Turn to Christ in all circumstances
- By generous – God has provided all I have – hold it with open hands – both time, talent and money
- Walk in Christ in all interactions with others…
I think a life list, if properly captured can be an outpouring of how I might effectively live out my core values.
I believe this quote by John Maxwell gets to how core values apply to daily living - “Your core values are the deeply held beliefs that authentically describe your soul.” – this applies to individuals as well as organizations…and I think this speaks to understanding how we live in Christ.
When I think about core values, I believe they come from God - He, through His word, help us understand who and what we should value. I read a daily devotional email from someone I admire and he has done an amazing job documenting his core values, giving himself guide posts to live by.
As i think about my life list above, although I think it is a good start, I feel the need to revisit my core values and then take time to re-assess my life list to make sure it supports living out my core values.
I sense/hear Jesus Christ calling out to me to pause and take the time to walk through this exercise as a way to draw near to Him in my daily walk with Him (see James 4:8, Hebrews 4:16; 7:19, 25; 10:1, 22, 25; 11:16). The word “anchor” comes to mind – Jesus Christ is our anchor. He has provided us the way to connect ourselves to Him as our anchor, through Him, now, if believers, as children of God, the veil has been torn open (Matthew 27:51). When we accept the gift of salvation in Jesus Christ offered to us, we are casting off the chains of the anchor of the world – and in our acceptance of the gift, in the surrender of our lives to Christ, we are chaining ourselves to the One sure anchor in life.
Knowing our core values as anchored (Hebrews 6:19) in our faith in Jesus Christ is like building our house on the rock and not the sand (Matthew 7:23-25).
I am glad that the Holy Spirit resurfaced the life list I had produced several years ago moving it back to the forefront for me. I pray that I keep this piece of meditating in Him out front. I look forward to spending time in God's Word in order to let God set the core values that drive my life list. And that this represents and authentically describes my heart and soul in Jesus Christ.
Lord Jesus, my prayer for each of us as we go into this weekend is that each of us finds a way in the coming days, weeks, months and years, to keep You, Lord Jesus centered in our lives, that we see the framework God has provided for us to live in You, for His glory! Amen!
Have a weekend filled with the Peace that comes from knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
Patrick
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