Just a few short years ago, we humans believed that the solar system revolved around our own ‘blue marble’. Imagine our humbling surprise that not only was the earth not the center of the Milky Way, but our planet makes it’s orbit around the sun. Isn’t that just like us? We become so self-absorbed that we erroneously decide that everything revolves around us. But that’s not really the purpose of this post.

Last night my sister, Lisa & I went to a concert/worship event at a church here in Birmingham. If you have never heard of Glory Revealed, you can check it out here http://www.gloryrevealed.com/ Two years ago, David Nasser (evangelist) and Mac Powell (lead singer of Third Day) felt the Lord leading them to write songs that were pure Scripture. David’s vision was that people would learn the Word of God by singing those songs. Fast forward 2+ years and Shades Mtn Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL is hosting the final stop of the Glory Revealed II tour. David Nasser, Mac Powell, Laura Story, Aaron Shust… The list goes on and on. It was AMAZING!!

Just a few songs in and my arms were raised in worship. I felt the Presence of our Almighty God. If you’ve never experienced that, don’t wait! Beg, steal, borrow whatever it takes to find yourself a Bible based, God filled, worshipful church. Give your heart to Christ. Take what He did on the cross just for yourself and make Him Lord of your life. Make Him the center of your own solar system.

Even those of us who’ve followed Him for years find ourselves orbiting things other than the ‘Son’. What do you find yourselves focusing on? Am I the only one who focuses on something so much that I loose my Center? What distracts you? Family issues? Workplace stress? The everyday business of life? Things you ought to do but don’t? Things you shouldn’t be doing? It’s an endless list, isn’t it? But there is nothing as freeing as releasing those ‘orbits’ and getting back on the track that we were made for. A continuous orbit around the Son. The problems and stresses didn’t go anywhere. They aren’t any smaller than they were yesterday. They have just taken their proper place and are so much smaller than the Center of my universe.