Biblical Answer

Setting Priorities: A Three-Step Process

The first step in prioritizing your needs is to intentionally become a directed person rather than a driven person. This involves learning to prioritize God first, God second, and God third, until your life is continually face-to-face with God and no one else is taken into account. This means making time for Bible reading and prayer, which is essential for the Christian who wants to make progress. It also involves making God your top priority in your life, so that your prayer will be, "In all the world there is no one but You, dear God."

Examining for Inefficiency

The second step in prioritizing your needs is to examine your life for inefficiency. This involves asking yourself questions like, "What occupies my time and attention?" and "What am I doing that is not essential to my purpose and priorities?" It also involves considering what you can stop doing in order to make time for what is truly important. As the Bible says, "But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith that was later revealed." This means that we should be willing to stop doing things that are not essential to our purpose and priorities in order to make time for what is truly important.

Starting at the Bottom and Cutting

The third step in prioritizing your needs is to start at the bottom and cut. This involves identifying the things that are not essential to your purpose and priorities and cutting them out of your life. This may involve saying "no" to things that are not essential to your purpose and priorities, or cutting back on activities that are not essential to your purpose and priorities. As the Bible says, "Therefore, since we have been made right in God's sight by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." This means that we should be willing to cut back on things that are not essential to our purpose and priorities in order to make time for what is truly important. By following these three steps, you can prioritize your needs and make time for what is truly important in your life.