Planet Earth did not come into being by accident, nor did God create this magnificent sphere through a huge chaotic explosion in the Universe. Rather, the book of Genesis specifies God’s intricate fabrication of our planet and everything on and on it, through a carefully planned and detailed order of design.

And where there is order, there must also be priorities.

God was working with a precise intention, preparing a place to carry out the greatest story ever told. Planet Earth was being prepared to manifest his glory and teach His created beings about the benefits and blessings of a relationship with Him.

The word “prepare” means to prepare, arrange, organize, plan, establish, practice, and put in order.

“Do everything decently and with order.” (1 Corinthians 14:40)

Preparation is God’s hallmark, the significant quality of character that defines His nature. He is a God of order and has exhorted us to follow his example.

“In you, O LORD, I trust; never let me be mistaken.” (Psalm 71:1)

The opposite of order is confusion, and in Scripture, confusion is always portrayed in a negative light as sin or something to be avoided.

Life and death priorities, as defined by our Creator, have more to do with our survival than the complex time management choices we hear so much about today.

Unless our own priorities are in harmony with God’s specific priorities for our lives, we may be headed in the wrong direction and not even realize it. Taking the wrong path on this journey we call “life” could cost us our physical life, but it could also cost us something even more valuable: our eternal life.

Whether we believe in God right now or not, we are powerless to stop the destructive consequences that await us at the end of the wrong path.

Chaos does not produce order; chaos breeds more chaos and in the midst of chaos evil thrives. The devil is committed to our death and understands the power of priorities. That is why he works to hide the value of order and has become the author of confusion, fragmented thinking and thoughtless and impulsive actions.

However, everything in life testifies that order arises from the mind of God and is essential to access, nurture and develop everything that has been created. Where would we be without the ordered systems found in biology, botany, mathematics, physics, computing, art, music, language, and even our simple alphabet-based filing system?

Somehow we all know deep down in our hearts when our priorities are not in order. Eventually, the consequences of the chaos catch up with us. The sad news is that we have learned to silence our own hearts and tune out the Voice of God in order to catch up with this world’s system. Many of us have traded godly order for the man-substitute, believing that somehow chaos, multi-tasking, and burning the candle at both ends is the path to success.

There is only one way we can safely stop the crazy chaos and get out of the sinking ship that is moving to and fro in the stormy sea of ​​life.

We simply must realign our priorities with the Word of God. This is a life or death decision and the most important decision we will ever make.

How can the book called “the Holy Bible” and “the Word of God” transform a chaotic life into one that flows with balance and order?

We must first understand that the Word of God is the Voice of God, that God actually resides in His Voice.

“The voice of the Lord is over the waters… The Lord is over many waters.” (Psalm 29:3)

“The voice of the Lord shakes the desert; the Lord shakes the desert of Kadesh.” (Psalm 29:8)

These verses contain more than poetic symbolism. They reveal the truth about creation and are verified in Genesis where we are told that the world was created when “God said…” or by the power that resides in his Word and Voice.

Looking up all the words in Scripture that refer to the power found in God’s Word, it becomes obvious that God wants mankind to know the awesome power that resides in His Word.

Our brain was designed to be affected and is perfectly compatible with the Word of God. As we listen to the Word and read the Word, it can discipline our mind to focus and follow the thoughts of the Creator. These are thoughts based on everything that is good, wise and beneficial for each dimension of our life; thoughts based on the intended order and maintenance of all that He has created. He knows how his creation works best and he wants to pass that knowledge on to us.

While this process is based on the content of what we find in the Holy Bible, we also benefit from the role we must play in accessing God’s wisdom and Spirit as we read and listen to His Word.

The Holy Bible is not like any other book on the shelf.

The true God of the Bible wishes to communicate with His people through His Word, just as we communicate and reveal our thoughts and our true nature with those we love, through the words we speak and write.

Our brain was created by God to flow complete thought patterns through electrical impulses in the brain. From the moment we are born, our brain is learning and perfecting all the various thinking techniques.

Most of the time, the brain just drifts with random thoughts, but you must also learn to intentionally compose thoughts, hold one thought and insert another, as well as review thoughts and connect a series of related thoughts. This is also how we build our basic mental and spiritual frames of reference.

The Word of God tells us that our first priority is the Word of God. What God says must be preeminent in our lives. When this happens, our hearts and minds harmonize with the heart and mind of God, and when we listen to his Voice and follow him, he will reveal the specific priorities he has ordained for each dimension of our lives.

This is the only path to true success, peace, order and abundant life.

Jesus, the Living Word, confirmed this when he said: “…the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.” (John 6:63)