The Wheel

When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Colossians 3:4

This verse was on my heart this morning, and I can’t get away from that phrase, “Christ who is your life.”

Does that honestly describe our life at this current moment?

I’m afraid that the whole “Jesus first” idea, based upon Matthew 6:33, has gotten a lot of people off track. They see Jesus as the first of a long list of priorities. But the problem with this kind of thinking is that, like a to-do list, we “check off” Jesus and then move on to other matters.

While it is true that Jesus should be at the top of our list, that is not enough. He is not just One among many, He is supreme.

Another way of looking at this that has been helpful to me is to think of it not as a list of 1, 2, 3, but as a wheel.* At the hub that of that wheel is Christ. All of my life flows from Him. He is not just a part of my life, He is my life.

Father, Today help me to center my life upon Christ. May I do everything that He desires, and nothing that He doesn’t. Thank You for giving me life in Christ. In His Name, I pray, Amen.

* https://www.navigators.org/resource/the-wheel-illustration/