What’s At The Center of Your Life?

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.”

– Matthew 22:37-38 (NIV)

 

“Here are the stages in the journey of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt by divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. At the Lord’s command Moses recorded the stages in their journey. This is their journey by stages: The Israelites set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians, who were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had struck down among them; for the Lord had brought judgment on their gods.”

– Numbers 33:1-4 NIV 

God wants to be at the very center of your life. He doesn’t want to be on the edge of your life, and he doesn’t want to be just a segment of your life. The God of the universe—the God who made you and loves you—wants to be the hub of your heart and the axis of your existence.

Here’s another way to look at it: God wants to have a love relationship with you.

The Bible says, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment”  (Matthew 22:37-38 NIV).

The truth is, you’re going to center your life around something. You may center it around your career, family, or hobbies. You may center it around making money or being popular.

But putting anything besides God at the center of your life is an idol. Exodus 20:3-4 says, “You must not have any other god but me. You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea” (NLT).

How do you know when something has taken center stage in your life instead of God? It’s simple. When God is not at the center of your life, you start to worry and stress; you become fearful. These are the warning lights that God is no longer the nucleus of your heart.

In contrast, how can you tell when your life is centered on God? You’re at peace. You stop worrying. The Bible says, “A sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life”  (Philippians 4:7, The Message).

The Israelites, on their path to the promised land from Egypt, passed through different stages on the journey. For every stage, the most important factor that determined how short or long they tarried at those stages was God, and their relationship with God. 

In your path to purpose and fulfillment, you will pass through different stages on the journey, but the most important factor that determines your outcome is God and your relationship with Him. 

Ask yourself this: “What’s going to be the center of my life for the rest of my life?”

It’s the most important thing you will ever have to decide.

God wants to be at the center of your life—and that can start when you accept his offer of salvation. God promised that for those who believe in Jesus, there is no condemnation. He sent Jesus to save you from your sins. His death on the cross paid for every wrong you’ve ever done or will do. And by sacrificing himself for your sins and giving you his righteousness, Jesus made it possible for you to have a relationship with God the Father.

The good news doesn’t stop there. God also raised Jesus from the dead, proving his power over sin and death. And that makes it possible for you to spend eternity with him in heaven.

It even gets better, He empowers everyone that comes to Him with His power and Spirit to become Holy and reign in life just like Jesus. 

So take a pause today. Has anything been troubling you lately? Has your life become centered around something or someone other than God? Rest in God, yield your heart and ways to Him, and surely He will lead you into doing greater works in life and righteousness.

Let Us Pray

Lord, I rejoice at your perfect plan for my redemption. Thank you for buying me back from the accusations of satan. Thank you for shedding Your Blood to cleanse my sins. Thank you for being my great high priest and for always speaking on my behalf in the court of heaven. Now satan cannot accuse me anymore! 

Thank you, Lord Jesus Christ, for giving me access to stand before God’s Throne as a saint. Thank you for cleansing my conscience from every guilt feeling of my past errors and carnal nature. Now in Christ Jesus, I celebrate my new nature!

Lord, at Your Command and by Your Spirit, I overcome all my enemies and subdue all those who hate me! I reign in life over them through the victory you gave me in the Blood of Christ Jesus. Lord, grant me a revelation of the stages in my journey of faith.

Today, I draw grace to live faithfully to every stage of my faith’s journey until I reach my final destination in Christ.

Thank you for the power of your Word that constantly washes and changes me. Thank you, Lord, for eternal [forever] salvation and deliverances!

In Jesus’ Name, I pray, Amen

Praying in the Spirit for 30 minutes (Take out some more time to pray more in the cause of the day or night)

Prayer of Thanksgiving for another 5-10 mins

(Kindly share with someone today)

DAILY BIBLE READING PLAN 
Exodus 29

Proverbs 5

John 8

Galatians 4