I did something unusual the other day. I wrote in the first space of this week in my day planner “time with God.” You might assume me to be very devout and spiritual, but actually — when I got to thinking about it later, I am quite foolish. The fact that I must “pencil” God into my day reveals something in me that contrasts holiness, maybe even borders heathenism. What I thought was godly prioritizing was in fact placing God in a time slot. I try to be careful and keep God at the top of my priorities. You know, “seek first the kingdom of God.” But I never realized that squeezing Him into an upper compartment of my life was actually degrading His value and encompassing worth. Knowing and honoring Jesus doesn’t simply involve bumping Him up to the top of my “to-do” list. What does He want? Where does He belong in my life? He must be at the center. Throughout my day, as I am busy following my schedule, working on activities, interacting with people, and completing assignments … all this should revolve around Him, instead of “start out” with Him. If I take Him into every activity, every relationship, and every circumstance He will saturate me and those around me, enabling me to walk by faith and love others unconditionally and support those who are weak. I need Him in every moment, not just the morning slot of my day. His presence should permeate life. Charlie Hall sings a song called Center that proclaims this chorus:
Christ be the center of our lives Be the place we fix our eyes Be the center of our lives We lift our eyes to heaven We wrap our lives around your life We lift our eyes to heaven, to You
It is my fervent desire that my life is wrapped around His life — instead of the other way around. God must become the centerpiece of my heart and the place I fix my eyes. I want “to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God,” (Eph. 3:19) and to carry that fullness into every day.
Written by Kaysie Hamilton. For more articles and thoughts from Kaysie visit her site at AlabasterBoxBlog.com
