It's not about you

Philippians  3
17Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do. 18For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. 20But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. Closing Appeal for Steadfastness and Unity 1Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends! 

It is not about you. Rick Warren started out his book Forty Days Of Purpose with this sentence. I have never forgotten it! If I keep my focus on God, and God's plan through prayer and reading/studying the Bible, it will be about God, not me. By the same token, I, whether I like it or not, am an example to the rest of the world of Christ! So, even though it is not about me, everything I do and say demonstrates to others God's love (or not, if I am having a bad day)! 

Bad days! Not fun!  What I have discovered over the years is that bad days are days when I am focused on what I want, what I think I need, what I think others need to do.  Are you seeing the theme?  It is all about me. Eventually prayer, scripture, or the look on someone's face, or their words, bring me back to the reality, once again, that I am off track and focused on the wrong person. It is not about me! 

Everything is about God. 

Father please help me to focus on you, your love for everyone, including me, your faithfulness, your protection, your plan, your power! In Jesus name I pray!  Amen