What will be the center of your life? In other words, who or what are you going to live for? We have a lot of options. We can center our life around a career, a sport, a hobby, making money, or having fun.
There is nothing wrong with any of these things. They are all fine, but they all make a lousy center for our lives. We need something at the center of our lives that is absolutely unchanging, and that can never be taken away from us. Because if our center can be taken away, we will always be under stress, knowing we could lose our security. That’s why we need to center our lives on something that is unchanging and secure.
There is only one thing we can put at the center of our lives that will never change and that is strong enough to sustain us through life -Christ Jesus.
I remember an old toy called “Superball.” When you bounced it on the ground, it would go dozens of feet into the air, because the center of the Superball was a tightly compacted, solid core, not a mushy center. It’s solid core gave it bounce-ability.
When our core is solid in God, we also have bounce-ability. We bounce back from stress faster. We bounce back from problems faster. We bounce back from sadness faster. We can even bounce back from a crisis faster. When we have something solid in our lives that doesn’t change, we worry less.
Philippians 4:6-7 tells us instead of worrying, pray…Its wonderful what happens when Jesus displaces worry at the center of your life.
When we put Jesus at the center of our lives we are able to worry less. Anytime I start worrying, it’s a red flag, a warning sign that tells me, “I’ve allowed someone or something to become the center of my life instead of God.” If we make a person or something else our lives, we will be under stress because that person can walk out of our lives, or that thing a break down or run out. Knowing our center isn’t secure brings constant stress.
From Pity to Praise 