Step back and look at your last 24 hours.

What have you done?  Have you been checking off the “to do” list?  Have you had a productive day?

What have you been chasing?

I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately, and the one main thing that I find most interesting is that, outside of better leadership, success is best defined as how deeply you invest those around you.

As a pastor, I can justify all my work, because in the long run, it will help my team and honor God.  But how well insulated am I from the very people I am called to serve?  AM I justifying all the paperwork I do as an excuse to NOT get my hands dirty?

I Twitter, I blog, I send emails, I even make a couple of phone calls…but am I really investing in people?

What happens when you chase what matters?

• The back door of the church closes.
• People are more inclined to serve and be involved.
• Your organization gets a reputation for caring about people.
• God is honored.
• You begin to mirror Jesus Christ.

The simple truth is what matters to God should matter to us. God proved what mattered was PEOPLE  [John 3:16].

The bank doesn’t have the right goal, but they’ve got the right idea, we should chase what matters.

Please let me know what you think matters.