Who is at the centre?
Nettie Bozanich
 
At the end of myself is where God begins.
 
Putting myself, my wants, my happiness and my expectations at the centre puts God in the margins. When I put Him out there, far from my heart, my purpose becomes based on things of this world – pleasure, comfort, money, success. Elevating myself is a worshipping of myself. It is a catering to my desires in a way that turns me into a self-centred monster. I’m at the centre and everything must be for me and my way. I think God works for me and I expect Him to give me what I want.
 
At the end of myself is where God begins.
 
When I put myself in the margins and God at the centre, I’m giving in to His perfect plan. I am dying to the concept of Me and allowing Him to use me for His glorious good. When God is the centre of my worship then my happiness doesn’t matter so much because I have joy that is forever instead of having emotions attached solely to the positive outcome of life’s happenings. God gives me a strong steady eternal purpose, not the shaky ground of this world or its values. I am not of this world but I am in it as His instrument. There can be struggle for me when God is at the centre of my life because it isn’t simple for me to follow Him; God isn’t usually in the business of “easy.” But the struggles that come from a God-centred life are a process of character building – they are for my own good – and He never abandons me.
 
I am building and He is at the centre. When I put myself at the centre, everything just falls apart again and again ... and then I come to this point again and again ...
 
At the end of myself is where God begins.

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