Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
Matthew 3:17, “And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Experiencing the centrality of Christ in our lives is essential for Him to be the reality of the church.
Practically, His centrality is worked out when we give Him the first place in all things.
This means that we do not initiate things in our lives.
Our mind, emotion, and will are not the initiators in our living.
We do not think on our own, feel on our own, decide on our own, choose on our own, go on our own, stay on our own.
In everything He has the first place!
We are not qualified to initiate anything.
We are not qualified to speak; neither are we qualified to issue a rebuke!
In everything He must have the first place!
This is how His centrality is worked out.
Christ becomes the centrality of all things in our lives when we actually give Him the first place.
To give Him first place is to stand on the same ground that the Father stands on.
It is the Father who recognizes Christ as the centrality of all things.
Do not dispute with the Father.
Do not dare to think differently from the Father.
The Father has already made the decision about who the centrality is in this universe.
The Father made Christ to be everything by making Him the firstborn of all creation (Col. 1:15).
The Father has caused the fullness of the Godhead to dwell in Christ bodily (Col. 1:19).
When the Father said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased,” He put His stamp of approval entirely upon His Son.
He wants His Son to be the source of all things.
Do not reason and dispute in your small, feeble thinking that you are going to have the first place in your life or in the church.
No! Christ has the first place.
We must let Him be our relationship with everything by calling on His name and submitting to His inner authority.
As we let Him transmit Himself into us, He infuses us with His life and virtues.
In this way, He is the centrality and He has the first place.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
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