What is Your Top 5%?

Last weekend (Labor Day Weekend), Jason Anderson wrapped up the “Just Like Us” series on Elijah, who dealt with burnout. If you didn’t get an opportunity to hear the message, make sure you catch it online at www.eaglebrookchurch.com.

Our busy schedules can leave us feeling empty, exhausted and even burned out. Elijah also reached a point where he was physically and emotionally depleated (1 Kings 19) and we can see where he found his recovery. The three ways Elijah found relief was to rest, walk closely with God and do only what you can do.

How is your pace? Are you allowing yourself ample rest? Are you spending quality time with God in prayer, worship and Bible reading? As you examine your life, what are the roles that only you can do? What are those top 5% responsibilities that you can’t delegate or hire someone else to do? Here are mine:

1. Only I can develop and grow my relationship with God. I am responsible for this and not the church.
2. Only I can be a husband to my wife and a father to my children. No one else can be there emotionally and relationally for them.
3. Only I can work and provide for my family. (note that this is #3 and not #1!)
4. Only I can use the spiritual gifts that God has given me to serve others and those with in the church.
5. Only I can manage the margin in my life that is needed for family, friendships, health and exercise.

Getting these proirities in shape will positively influence the other 95% of your life. If you’re like me, I can be ‘out of shape’ in these areas (I can see 3 of them that needs some immediate attention!) and I can also get them out of order as well.

What is your ‘top 5%’ in your life? How well are you doing with them and what are some of things that you’ll be doing this fall to get in or keep in shape?