Priority
Make your motions and cast your votes,
but God has the final say. ~ Proverbs 16:33 (MSG)
Make living out God's agenda and values your first priority. As you do that your needs will be met. ~ Matthew 6:33 (ABP)
KEY IDEA:
Allow God's agenda to be your primary concern because ultimately his agenda wins.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for taking me and my needs seriously. You are so busy with the entire creation but you still take me seriously. Forgive me for not taking you and your desires seriously. I think too much of my own plans and agenda. Help me to get my priorities straight so that I can join you in the winner's circle. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
