Several years ago Pastor Rick
Warren wrote a book called “The Purpose Driven Life” which was very popular; it
seems everybody I know has read the book or been to a class that taught the
principles. The general premise of the book
is that life is not about you. While I agree with this and applaud the
teaching, it seems a little off point. When we try to avoid thinking about
ourselves, we continue to think about ourselves even more. It’s almost like trying
to kick a bad habit: the more you try to avoid it, the greater it becomes the
focus of your life.
The multi-level marketing people
will tell you that everyone has enough negative life experiences to fill
themselves to neck level, and that you can never be rid of those experiences.
They say the only way to be rid of the influences of those negative experiences
is to dilute the negative with positives and they encourage reading self help
books, self advertising and other techniques to dilute the negatives. I agree
and feel the key to changing behavior is to focus on positive aspects of the
change rather than the negative behavior.
So, I don’t say to you that life is
not about you; your family, your work, your sports or anything else about you.
My life, your life, the world and every iota of all existence is all about Him
– Christ Jesus who died for you.
“What is he, then?” demanded the
Athenian, piqued by the Corinthian’s aloofness. “I don’t know”, mumbled
Demetrius, in a puzzled voice, “But – he is something more than a king.”
The
Rev. 1:8 – “I am the Alpha and
Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and
who is to come, the Almighty.”
John 1:1, 14 – “In the beginning
was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” v. 14 “And the
Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us …”
Christ Jesus, Lord and King forever
and ever – Amen!
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