December 8th, 20

The Secret to a Productive Life

I Timothy 5 - 6, Titus 1 - 3

  Focus on others. Paul says, in Titus 3:14

Our people must learn to do good by meeting the urgent needs of others; then they will not be unproductive.

Ironically, the opposite is true.  If you want to have an unproductive life, unfruitful, then focus only on yourself.  Zig Ziglar says,

You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.

In John 12:24 Jesus says:

I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives.

A truly productive and fulfilling life comes when we take the focus of our lives off of ourselves, and plant ourselves in the service of others and God.  When we die to making this life about us - then we will have all that we want and could have ever have imagined, now and in the life to come.  

For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many." (Mk 10:45 NLT)

Do you want to have a productive life in 2018? Then focus on serving others.  Reflect on this past year and think about the upcoming year.  If you want to have a productive life than you’ll have to focus on others.  If you do that, than you can expect a fruitful year.

You are loved!