The Best Question Ever?

Our small group study is called "The Best Question Ever" by Andy Stanley.  I love, love, love it!  Each week I am amazed that I am yet again challenged to the core.  The basic premise of the study is "What is the wise thing to do?"  It is all based on Ephesians 5:15, "Be very careful, then, how you live - not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil."  The first week introduced the study and idea of asking yourself "what is the wise thing to do?" in respect to my past, present, and future.  Week 2 revolved around three different types of people who do not embrace wisdom - the naive, the fool, and the mocker.  (Proverbs 1:22)  Week 3's topic dealt with using wisdom in moral decisions because as Andy pointed out, "the fallout from moral compromise is unforgiving."  "Can a man hold fire against his chest and not be burned?"  Proverbs 6:27 TLB.  This week mainly focused on sexual immorality and how we can foolproof our marriages.  It was great but super challenging.  Just when I thought I had really been challenged Week 4 was last night.  It was titled Time Bandits.  I have to say I thought, "Okay, it's probably going to say how things can waste our time and on and on and on...."  WOW!  I was blown away by last night's study.  He talked about there being a "cumulative value in investing small amounts of time in certain activities over a long period of time."  Sounds pretty standard but the power punch was in the next few statements...

• There are rarely immediate consequences for neglecting single installments of time in any particular arena of life.  (Example: you can miss a workout and not be in a terrible physical condition)
• There is no cumulative value in the urgent things we allow to interfere with what's most important to us.                                                                                                         This was the power punch for me.  How many times do we or I allow something that seems urgent overrule something we or I truly feel is important?  The urgent things then overpower the important things...and just like he said, there is no cumulative value in those urgent things.  It is certainly a balancing act. 

Well....those are some of the things and new spiritual challenges I am thinking about....