In Matthew 4, when Jesus began His ministry, He preached a message of "Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." There was a great urgency to His words, words that would bring great regret if they were ignored. Seeing Peter and Andrew...

I came across this C.S. Lewis quote that I thought might encourage you about priorities. "When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now. Insofar as I learn to love my earthly dearest at the expense of God and instead of God, I shall be moving towards that state in which I shall not love my earthly dearest at all. When first things are put first, second things are not suppressed but increased."

Just completing my latest course through Moody Bible Institute was a great joy. The course, a study of the book of Genesis, was one I was looking forward to greatly. After dealing with Genesis 1-11, the most challenging section of Genesis, and greatly satisfying, I settled into chapters 12-50, chapters I had been fairly familiar with for years. But what struck me more than I had ever seen in the past was the amazing way God unfolded His plan.