Efficient says: “Do things right.”
Effective says: “Do the right things.”
Both of these are important. However, if we don’t get focused on being effective with what we do; then it becomes very easy to be efficient at being ineffective!
Jesus speaks about people who say “we did good things in your name, even miraculous things.” He says to them, “you didn’t do the right things.”
The message is clear. In your life you can work hard. You can make a good living. You can provide for your family. You can make sure they are clothed and all their physical needs are met. This is called efficiency; doing things right. But if you do no have a proper foundation in your own heart and life, you may spend your whole life doing the wrong things in what you feel like is the right way.
“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end its way is death.” Proverbs 14:12
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