When it comes to cultivating our lives, we have to get this one simple life principle: don’t manage time, rather order your life in light of the time you have. Jesus did this. He lived out daily priorities.

Luke 21 [37] Each day Jesus was teaching at the temple, and each evening he went out to spend the night on the hill called the Mount of Olives, [38] and all the people came early in the morning to hear him at the temple. Time is morning, afternoon and night. Don’t squeeze the most out of time. Time is not a commodity to use … I can’t save time, I can’t waste time and I can’t manage time — Instead, order your life. Ordering our lives means prioritizing … it means figuring out that matters most … and then creating the space in our lives to do them. It’s not managing time — it’s managing our priorities.

Jesus went to the Mt of Olives every night to pray and be alone with God. But, he also had balance. Look at Jesus’ life — he ordered his life with a few. They did just about everything together. They confronted the religious leaders together. They healed people together. They hiked through ancient Palenstine together. They did just about everything together. We need to focus on the spiritual priorities first: my life with God, my life with family, my small group and my life with my neighbors.