This morning, as I had my time with Father, I asked that He be at the center of all that I do today. I asked Him to fill my heart (my center) with His love, to help me to share that love in all that I do.
Lately, I’ve felt a little distant from Him. I guess I’ve let some of the priorities of the last week come before spending the necessary time with Him. This morning I shared with Him that distance that I’ve been feeling, asking Him to be in my heart today, but more importantly to help me to feel His presence there. What I heard during this quiet time this morning was, “I am the center of all”.
Do you know how many words there are to describe the center of something? Well, a bunch. I dropped the word center into my thesaurus (yes, I still use such an animal instead of AI). The list was very lengthy: center, middle, focus, epicenter, heart, hub, core, foundation, and many more.
Let’s take a moment to replace center in the above statement with these words. The Lord said to me, “I am the middle of all”, “I am the focus of all”, I am the epicenter of all”, “I am the heart of all”, “I am the hub of all”, “I am the core of all,” and “I am the foundation of all”. Yes, He is all of that.
I know how I feel when He is not at the center or at the heart (or any of those other synonyms), of what I do. I feel disconnected, lost; something is missing. When I start my day with Him, and I mean truly start my day, not just go through the motions with a standard prayer of petitions, when I open myself fully to Him, I’m at peace. I feel, well, I feel centered 🙂 .
Friends, the more we center ourselves on Him, the better we will be. Nothing, nothing in this world is more important than the Lord. When He is our first priority, everything else will fall into place. The question is, can we let the other priorities we think are so important, can we let them take a back seat? Well, there is only one way to find out: move Father to the top of the list and let the others follow. I think we’ll find that the natural order of things is restored, and life is a little better.
Take a little time this morning to recenter yourself. Let Him be in the middle, at the center, at the heart of all you do today. Ask Him, like I did, to fill your heart, and then go share it 🙂 .
Have a good day, friends. Continued prayers for Bill and Lorrie, prayers for Suzan and Tom, and prayers for the return of sweet Emily Rea.
Colossians 1:17
And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
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