THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO TODAY

If you are sensitive to the Holy Spirit, you will realize that every day God places someone in your path as a divine assignment. But here’s the secret—this assignment rarely looks like one. More often, it feels like an interruption. Sometimes your assignment may be an appointment on your calendar, but appointments are usually things you plan. Many interruptions are things God plans.

If the purpose of your life is to be available for God's use, it won't be about your schedule, your checklist, or even your goals. God alone defines what’s truly important each day—and the most important thing will almost always be a person, not a task.

That person may appear through a random phone call, a “chance” encounter, or even a quiet prompting in your spirit to reach out. These people become your assignment from God. Making space for them—listening, encouraging, or simply being present—is the highest calling of your day. It isn't something that takes you off task. It is something that becomes your most important task.

There is a rare and holy gift in making someone feel like they are the most important person in the world. That one person God selects to put in front of you deserves that kind of attention. Don't fall into the trap of thinking everyone is your assignment—some people are distractions, some are decoys from the enemy, some are simply passing by—but if you learn to discern in your spirit, that one God-appointed encounter each day, you will live out your truest calling: to be an ambassador of Christ. One of my favorite John Maxwell quotes is, "More time with fewer people equals greater impact." Become discerning to the inner voice of the Holy Spirit who will tell you who that one person is.

Shift the focus off yourself and your accomplishments and onto others and their need. Be an open, clean vessel filled with the grace of God and ready to pour it back out into the heart God has prepared to become the recipient.

Pursue people, not just goals. You may not climb ladders as quickly as others, but you will climb into hearts and into eternal significance. And one day, you will hear the words every believer longs to hear: “Well done, good and faithful servant.”