I often see people adding too many things into their schedule or list of priorities.  Sometimes it’s the family that simply adsabraham sacrifice imageanother youth activity to the car pooling frenzy that stresses mom out.  Other times it’s the company that learns of a great idea and ads it to the list of tasks and practices that are filling their employees schedules.  For all of us it’s the simplest things that give us trouble with sacrifice, like what or how much to eat, or what show to watch on tv.

I’ve had the opportunity to hear great speaker and Pastor of LifeChurch.tv, Craig Groschell define sacrifice as “giving up something you love, for something you love even more”.  This sounds hard but Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son (something he loved) in order to follow and trust God (something he loved even more).  Chances are, the sacrifices you’ll be asked to make won’t be near as tough as Abraham’s.  And, just like He did for Abraham, God will come through for you in your time of sacrifice.  I’ll challenge you  today to try something different.

Rather than adding another youth activity to stress mom out, sacrifice and ask your kids to give up one of the activities that they may love, for the one they love more.  Rather than adding a task to your the to-do list of your employees for a great idea, find out what tasks they already have that are most wasteful and sacrifice one for the better one.  Sacrifice a second helping at dinner (something you love) for a smaller waistline (something you’d love even more).

I think you get the picture.  Adding more and more to your life can cause frustration, resentment, fatigue and other issue.  Try sacrificing instead.  When you’re thinking of adding something, determine if it’s better to sacrifice something you love to ad it.