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Busy Is a Choice: Getting Your Priorities in Order

Busy Is a Choice: Getting Your Priorities in Order

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Thirty years into leading Impact Church, George and April Davis open with a question every leader eventually has to answer: what does success actually mean? Their answer has changed. It’s no longer the size of the church or how well-known the name is — it’s health over size, staying solid over being seen, and doing a really good job at the portion God assigned. And the truest measure of all: hearing, years later, how a sermon or a church community changed someone’s life.From there the conversation gets practical. Everyone gets the same 24 hours — so “I’m too busy” is really a statement about priorities. April tells the story of their third wedding anniversary, five days after moving to Jacksonville, when George spent the entire day painting the walls of their new church until dark. He’s never done it again — and he’s been making up for it ever since. Together they unpack the order that makes everything work: God first, spouse second, kids third, then the business or ministry.The episode closes with the rhythms that have kept them healthy for three decades — a weekly Sabbath and vacations that are sacred and planned on the calendar before anything else — plus wisdom for couples growing together without losing themselves, and for blended families creating stability as children move between homes.In This Episode• What success looks like after 30 years: Not big — healthy. Healthy things grow, and every plateau traces back to culture, systems, or teams. The truest measure of success is seeing God change lives through what you’ve built.• The anniversary George will never live down: Five days after moving to Jacksonville, on their third anniversary, George planned to paint the new church for a couple of hours — and looked up when it was already dark. The lesson: read the room, understand the moment, and make the relationship the priority.• “I’m busy” is a priority statement: We all get the same 24 hours, and what’s really most important shows up in where our time and money go. Why “chase the bag” culture is pushing dating and marriage later and later — and what gets lost by waiting.• Sabbath as a weekly rhythm: At least one day a week of no significant work — rest that replenishes, recharges, and reconnects you to the people who matter. And no, it doesn’t mean reading the Bible all day; hobbies belong on the Sabbath too.• Vacation is sacred: George used to brag about going three years without a vacation — until he realized it was something to be ashamed of. Now vacations go on the calendar before conferences and big dates, and the break is as sacred as the work: no texting, no emails, no calling the office.• Growing together without losing yourself: Why couples should have purpose conversations while dating — including the moment George and April nearly broke up rather than hinder what God was doing in each other’s lives — and why healthy marriages need both unity and individuality.• Blended families and healthy rhythms: What it takes when children move between homes: two co-parents committed to the kids’ best interest, rules similar enough between houses, consistency, patience — and never letting the kids get between you and your spouse.Key Takeaways• You can grow things that are large and unhealthy. Focus on building a healthy church, business, or family — healthy things grow. When growth plateaus, trace it back to culture, systems, or teams.• Success is doing a really good job at what God told you to do — not at all the good ideas people put in front of you.• Everyone gets the same 24 hours. “I don’t have time” usually means “something else is more important.” Take a regular inventory: do God and family actually get the best of your time and your money?• Get the order right: God first, spouse second, kids third, then business or ministry. In that order, God gives grace, strength, wisdom, and resource to do all of them well. Out of order, something loses the grace to be done well.• Not taking your vacation is nothing to brag about. Your body is the temple of the Lord — steward it with a weekly Sabbath and rest that’s planned on the calendar first, not squeezed in after burnout.• If you’re dating, honor what God is saying over the chemistry. When both people start by honoring God’s unique purpose for each life, He weaves the two purposes together like hand in glove.• Unity and individuality both matter in marriage. Healthy hobbies and healthy friendships outside the marriage refresh you — as long as they could never be a detriment to it.• In blended families, two parents who care more about their children than their own comfort can work through almost anything.Scripture Referenced• Genesis 2:2–3 (referenced): In six days God created ...
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