Make It All About Him!

One of the things we have to regularly fight against is compartmentalizing life: we have a box for God, a box for family, one for church, one for work, another for our friends... bunches of little boxes that oftentimes become incongruent... as well as sometimes competing for time and attention. Be honest... haven't you experienced this before? We have a set of friends for school, and a set of friends for church... we wear a mask at church or with our friends, but take off the mask at home. We smile at our coworkers, and scowl and our spouse (or, for some of us, that's flipped, lol!)

Why is that? And how do we make our "boxes" congruent with one another? How do we align our BELIEFS with our BEHAVIOR?

We make it all about HIM!

When we begin to understand that Jesus doesn't want to be just "resident" in our lives, but wants to be PRESIDENT OF our lives, we become more intentional in making everything we do about Him. So,...

... our marriage becomes more joyful and filled with peace, because we begin to understand that what we have is a reflection of Jesus and His Church (His bride)...
... we become more intentional in building influence with our friends who don't know Jesus, as well as those who know Him but need to grow in their relationship with Him...
... our jobs take on more significance, as we realize we're working to please Christ, not our boss...
... our parenting becomes more of a joy than a burden, because we realize the responsibility and privilege we have from the Lord.

We have to make our lives all about Jesus... otherwise, the little boxes of our lives just get in the way of one another. Doesn't it make sense to have... just one box? ;-)

"So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God" (1 Cor. 10:31).