Sometimes it is easy to say NO. “Hey you want some drugs,” “NO” that’s easy. “Man I’m bored, you want to go knock off the 7-11 with me and make some money” “NO” “Hey you want to go see High School Musical 3” “NO.” Sometimes it is a no-brainer and saying “NO” makes sense to you and it makes sense to your life. The hard stuff to say “NO” to are the things in life that are good, the things you are passionate about and the things you generally receive joy from doing. What you have to begin to do is determine what is better and what matters most. In saying that, I do not mean that things that matter most to you should be the things that make you the most popular or gain you the most respect. Sometimes you need to say “YES” to the things that nobody will even notice, it might not gain you more votes come homecoming court time, but you need to organize your life to reflect what is best.
In order to really do this question justice (“What things for me are best?”) you have to take into account the standard by which you are living by. So what is my standard for what is better? If I’m going to live the preferred life that God has for me, I need to choose His way. If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, if. Again recognizing not everybody is. If you are a follower of Jesus Christ here is your standard. The Bible. God’s word. This is the standard for making decisions. If you’re not a follower of Jesus Christ my question to you is, What is your standard? What is your standard for basing your ethical decisions, your value oriented decisions, your choices? What’s your standard? There’s got to be some standard for your choices.
So what do you think? How do you prioritize life? Are you realizing you have said “YES” to way too many things? What’s your story? How busy are you?
Some good books for you to learn how to say “NO”
Choosing to Cheat - Andy Stanley
What Matter Most - Doug Fields
Margin - Richard Swanson
Boundaries – Cloud and Townsend
Sunday, November 9, 2008
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