Spiritual,Personal and Professional life

I want to share a thought that came across my mind when discussing with a friend today. We all need to work to earn our living. Sometimes we even forget our home when we are at work, and continue to put very long hours at work. This affects our personal life at home. We dont enjoy our life, never gave time to our hobbies, and as a result our growth as a person is very less though we feel that we achieved greater things at office.

There is another extreme, where we spend very less time at office, or even lack motivation to start to office every day. This too is dangerous.

The third thing is our spiritual life. Many of us lag behind in our spiritual lives. We spend very less time with God when compared with the time that we spend in office and family. In this case we may be successful at office, but our souls will start decaying and we wont have wisdom and strength to face the world. We can never please God and ultimately we will lose our salvation and life.

The order of priority should be

1. God
2. Family
3. Work

If we follow this correctly, God will give us the grace to be successful in whatever we do. Some of us may spend 15 hrs or more in office. We need to realize that we work to live, and not live to work. We should be balanced in everything we do. Our passion should always be towards Christ. only Jesus christ can give us the peace and happiness which neither job, fame, prestige or money could buy.

Try answering these questions. I take the example of a normal time period. People who work on different time lines and shifts could adjust accordingly.

1. Do you have the urge to go to office when it is around 8 am in the morning?
2. Do you have the urge to go home when it is 8 pm at the night?
3. Do you have the urge to speak with God before we go to bed and when we get up in the morning?

If the answer to the above questions is "No", then it is time that we analyze our pattern of life. We need to ask God to guide us. It is very simple. Open your hearts to God and ask for the guidance of the Holy spirit. I can assure that your life will never be the same after that.