Daily Digest #333
If My people . . . turn from their wicked ways, then I will . . . forgive their sin and heal their land. —2 Chronicles 7:14I would like to share Rick Warren's latest post, entitled "Stretching Your Mind". Read below:
In the book Putting the One Minute Manager to Work, one of the key concepts is this: Don’t Just Do Something—Sit There!
Too often, many of our problems arise from acting before thinking. We confuse activity with productivity. We think, “I’m so busy, I must be accomplishing something!” In reality, we may just be spinning our wheels. Like sitting in a rocking chair, you can expend a lot of energy and create a lot of motion, but you still aren’t going anywhere.
Progress and productivity always require thought! The Bible says:
“A wise man thinks ahead; a fool doesn’t and even brags about it!” (Proverbs 13:16 LB).
“A good man thinks before he speaks” (Proverbs 15:28 LB).
“The wise man looks ahead. The fool attempts to fool himself and won’t face facts” (Proverbs 14:8 LB).
“A wise man is cautious and avoids danger; a fool plunges ahead with great confidence” (Proverbs 14:16 LB).
Unfortunately many parts of your work seem to conspire to keep you from thinking! Pressures, deadlines, appointments, and interruptions fill your day so you have no time to think. You stay so busy swatting mosquitoes that you have no time to drain the swamp.
Nothing is as important to your job as thinking, yet nothing is harder to take time to do. The solution is to schedule “think” time. Make a daily appointment with yourself to simply think about your work. Think about what you do, how you do it, and the results you are getting: “Any enterprise is built by wise planning, becomes strong through common sense, and profits wonderfully by keeping abreast of the facts” (Proverbs 24:3 LB).
Your mind is like a muscle. It develops with use. The more you develop it, the more productive you will be. Your brain is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift to God. Think about it!
Too often, many of our problems arise from acting before thinking. We confuse activity with productivity. We think, “I’m so busy, I must be accomplishing something!” In reality, we may just be spinning our wheels. Like sitting in a rocking chair, you can expend a lot of energy and create a lot of motion, but you still aren’t going anywhere.
Progress and productivity always require thought! The Bible says:
“A wise man thinks ahead; a fool doesn’t and even brags about it!” (Proverbs 13:16 LB).
“A good man thinks before he speaks” (Proverbs 15:28 LB).
“The wise man looks ahead. The fool attempts to fool himself and won’t face facts” (Proverbs 14:8 LB).
“A wise man is cautious and avoids danger; a fool plunges ahead with great confidence” (Proverbs 14:16 LB).
Unfortunately many parts of your work seem to conspire to keep you from thinking! Pressures, deadlines, appointments, and interruptions fill your day so you have no time to think. You stay so busy swatting mosquitoes that you have no time to drain the swamp.
Nothing is as important to your job as thinking, yet nothing is harder to take time to do. The solution is to schedule “think” time. Make a daily appointment with yourself to simply think about your work. Think about what you do, how you do it, and the results you are getting: “Any enterprise is built by wise planning, becomes strong through common sense, and profits wonderfully by keeping abreast of the facts” (Proverbs 24:3 LB).
Your mind is like a muscle. It develops with use. The more you develop it, the more productive you will be. Your brain is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift to God. Think about it!
May we get to reflect on these wise words. Sometimes, we lose sight of our moral compass because we do not have the time to assess ourselves every day. The non-trivial becomes trivial, and before we realize it, our priorities have gone upside down.
For this, let us pray: Lord, thank You for guiding us everyday. Forgive us for the times when we choose to turn a deaf ear or a blind eye on You. We pray for each other, that we may all see as You see. May we love as you have loved. May our moral compass be rooted in God, who knows all things. We ask these, in Jesus Christ's name. Amen.
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