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Ask Pastor John

How Do I Prioritize My Busy Life?

Ask Pastor John

Desiring God

John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes, busyness and stress are reasons to realign our priorities. Other times, they are invitations to pray that God would empower us to do the seemingly impossible.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the podcast.

0:05.6

This week we've been looking at what it means to follow God's will.

0:08.8

On Monday we looked at the key to following God's will, without this in place following

0:12.7

his will, will prove, well, it'll prove impossible.

0:16.6

That was the APJ 1807 we covered that.

0:19.2

And then on Wednesday we put that principle into practice looking at one example of how

0:23.3

to proceed with confidence in a real life decision knowing that you are in fact following

0:29.6

God's will.

0:31.6

That was an APJ 1808 on Wednesday and today we end the week with an email from a listener

0:36.4

in a super busy Christian man.

0:38.3

How should this man prioritize his life when there isn't time to do everything?

0:43.4

That busy man is Steve and Steve lives in Sacramento, California.

0:47.1

Dear Pastor John, I work as a physician and I feel that my work demands too much of my

0:51.6

time, much more than most other full-time jobs.

0:56.0

Because of this, I never seem to have enough time to pray or study God's word.

0:59.7

I also feel that because of my work, I do not have much time to devote to my family or

1:03.6

to church.

1:04.6

I know that the Bible has enumerous passages about the importance of working hard for the

1:08.2

Lord, such as Colossians 3.23, whatever you do, work heartily as for the Lord and not

1:14.0

for men.

1:15.0

And Proverbs 22, 29, do you see a man skillful in his work?

1:20.0

He will stand before kings, he will not stand before obscure men.

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