Doing the Best Things

“... and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.” Phil 3:9-10

Sometimes our days are filled with a lot of good things, yet we often neglect to do the best things.

Filmmaker Walt Disney was ruthless in cutting any material from his movies that got in the way of a story’s pacing. Ward Kimball, one of the animators for ‘Snow White’, recalls working for 240 days on a 4 1/2 minute sequence in which the dwarves made soup for Snow White and almost destroyed the kitchen in the process. Disney thought it was funny, but he decided that the scene stopped the flow of the picture - so out it went.

The Lord has a plan for His glory through our lives. While the things we attempt to fill up our time with may be good in and of themselves... God often has to “cut scenes” from our lives in order that we won’t be distracted from His purpose.

Let me ask you the question - what good thing are you holding on to, that are keeping you from doing God’s, Best? Paul had a goal to know Him. Do you have the same goal? It all comes down to what your priorities are. If your priorities are wrong, you’re wasting a lot of precious time.