Priorities

My 27 yr. old sister lives in Tennessee and the other day she calls and asks me to come move down there with her. She has this really good job working as a sort of dispatcher for a trucking company and she is getting ready to buy a house for her and her daughter. She said that if I came, she could get me a job at the same company she works for and I could live with them. She laughed at me when I turned the offer down. She said that she couldn't understand why I would say no to something that could pay my way through school and so on and so forth. I told her because I was happy where I am and that money can't buy happiness. Sounds cheesy, but she caught what I was saying. She isn't a Christian either, so it's hard trying to explain to her that God has called me to stay here. It's sad that the world's concept of happiness centers around having the "good life." Yet, you can look at the people who are living this so called "good life" and they really aren't that happy. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against money. But, it's when it becomes your focus that it really messes up your life. I've seen it happen and I thank God that I am not stuck in that rut. I don't want to make huge life decisions based on how much money I will get. There was this story someone told me once of this pastor who all he had was the clothes on his back and a Bible. Wow, I can't imagine that. But, this man has experienced God in ways that I have only prayed for and dreamed about. Not that I am telling you to go sell all you have and keep one pair of shoes and so on. I am just saying that it's when our focus is off of the "stuff" of this world and on God, that is where we are called to live. If other stuff is coming before your relationship with God, you probably need to do some serious rearranging in your life. If something besides God is your focal point for any decision that you make, then there is a problem. Everyone faces this in one way or other. It's called priorities. We all have a mental checklist we go through when we make decisions and are faced with the unknown. What's at the top of your list and where does seeking God for the answer fall in there?