Friday, March 13, 2009

Where Does Jesus Want To Fit Into My Life?

“Where does Jesus want to fit into my life?” This is the question that will be discussed at the Gathering on Sunday. This question has a couple of problems. First it infers that one might have a compartment within life where Jesus is to be…almost suggesting that in my graciousness I find room with in my important busy life to fit Jesus. The second problem with the question is the term, “my” which denotes personal possession of one’s life.


The real question is where do look for meaning in life, how do you try to fulfill that meaning, and does that meaning fill the emptiness within the depths of your soul. To give an example, one might choose to find meaning in a relationship. They go about fulfilling that meaning by making decisions that will always place that relationship at the top of the priority list (in other words they worship that relationship). All is great until the relationship lets you down, you screw the relationship up, or it doesn’t excite you like it used to. Then you are left with a deeper loneliness and emptiness than before the relationship as you realize that your investment of time, energy, and resources were all for naught.


The right question to ask is not, “Where should Jesus fit into my life,” but instead, “Why should Jesus be the meaning of my life?”

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