As we step into this new year, I want to share something from my own journey. There have been times when I’ve realized that I’ve let other things take the front seat—whether it’s my job, my relationship, or just the everyday busyness of life. I’ve found myself giving God the leftovers rather than the first fruits of my time or my heart.
In Matthew 6:33, we’re called to seek first the kingdom of God. For me, that’s been a gentle nudge to pause and remember that before anything else, my relationship with God is the foundation. It’s not about being perfect at it; it’s about the willingness to recalibrate when I notice I’ve drifted.
I’ve also seen how sometimes I’ve placed expectations on my wife or my relationships that really should have been fulfilled by God. When I’m not putting Him first, it’s easy to look to others to fill a role that only He can. And when I do put Him first, it changes how I show up for the people I love—I’m able to give from a place of being filled by Him first.
So as we start this journey together, know that I’m walking this out too. This devotional isn’t about having it all figured out—it’s about taking that first step of recalibrating our hearts together and putting God back where He belongs: at the center.
GPS (Godly Positioning System)
Am I at the base or the summit of a mountain?
When every peak feels like a valley setting up for the next leg of the race
As I take steps reminding myself that I’m moving forward
When all too often the work makes it feel like I’m just running in place
Dreams and aspirations on layaway, making payments in stride over time
How do I embody all that I try to sort out in every insight and poetic line?
My tongue set by confession, a compass to destiny
To lay aside the weight of the past and collide in reckoning with who I’m called to be
What am I first, when I’m a writer, poet, husband, or merchant of livelihood stewarding resource
I calibrate my mind back into alignment
Placing God first like a GPS recourse
Foundational purposes in the simplicity of knowing Him
While I learn to navigate the friction of marriage, dynamics of home life, and detox of my sin
Where I begin at the surface unpacking all that swells beneath
My heart, my passions, my wounds, and all I believe
Taking it all one day at a time, letting the story tell
As authenticity comes into agreement with faith
When life is uncertain even so it is well
Despite the risk of every breath, in truth I begin knowing, in Him, I am safe…
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