Nov. 27, 2007 - A Devotional To Share
From Turning Points...
We have centers for everything; ministry centers, childcare centers, convention centers, medical centers, and shopping centers. There's the Lincoln Center in New York, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, the National Hurricane Center in Miami, and the Kennedy Center in Washington.
The word center comes from a Greek term meaning a prick or sharp point, specifically the exact point marking the middle of a geometric circle.
If something is the center, everything else revolves around it. Just as the planets orbit around the sun, our habits, hearts, affections, and thoughts must revolve around the Lord Jesus, who is the ultimate center of all. (Colosians 1:17)
The French writer Fenelon advised us to become so commited to God's glory that all other motives pale in comparison, saying, "It is then that God becomes...the center of the soul to which all its affections tend..."
When we're self-centered, we're self-deceived. When He is central, we can have confidence that He is in control and that our worlds are aligned correctly.
Romans 11:36 For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be the glory forever, Amen.
