I dedicate this blog to my precious friend. She introduced me to this song, Jesus at the Center recently and I have
not been able to get it out of my head and my heart since that time 2 months
ago. We sat around and watched the
video, worshipped, praised and were in such awe of how this song touched us and
those in the congregation. They
continued to worship even when the music stopped. That spoke volumes to us on so many
levels.
This makes me think about my life and ask if Jesus is at the
center? Does everything revolve around Him?
This song asks Jesus to come into our life, it professes that it always
has been Him and that nothing else matters.
Is this true for our daily walk?
Do we focus on things that are frivolous or do we really focus on what
matters most. Is our speech honoring to
God or are we saying hurtful and harmful things? Do we honor God with our work? Are we waking up every morning dreading that
we have to go to the job we have been blessed with? Do we want bigger and better or are we
content with what we have and where we are?
I’m not saying that any of this is easy to do, especially if we are
struggling to make ends meet or being unsupported or disrespected at work, or
around people that make it their purpose to say and do things that hurt us. But what does our worship look like, what’s
at the center?
My purpose in this is to encourage us all to remember who we
are and who’s we are. I want us to
realize and embrace that we are fearfully and wonderfully made, made in His
image. I want to encourage you to show
grace to yourself and to others knowing that in the end, God has the final say
as to what comes next. Daily we are faced
with those who are in crisis, have an illness, experiencing a loss…grace. This life is not an easy one and no one said
that it would be. But we know the one
that holds us in His righteous right hand.
Today, this is a time of self-reflection. Are we being obedient, living up to our full
potential, honoring God in everything, being still and knowing that He is
God? My hope and prayer for you today is
that you allow your daily worship to acknowledge and include this and allow
Jesus to be the center of it all.
from my heart, to the heavens...
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