Ever read something so well said that you wish you would have written it? That happens to me frequently. The following was written by Steven Furtick...Don’t put Jesus first
The worst thing you can do as a Christian is to try and put Jesus first in your life. I know it sounds good, and Lord knows, I’ve said it plenty:
Put Jesus first, your family second, your job third…
But it’s a flawed paradigm. Jesus doesn’t want to be first on your list. He doesn’t need your shout out. He’s not content to be first in your life. He insists on being the center of your life.
Putting Jesus first in my life means I kind of segregate Him from my other priorities. Making Him the center of my life means I integrate Him into every priority.
It’s not Jesus, then my family, then my job… It’s Jesus: in my family, in my job…
It’s not Jesus, then anything… It’s Jesus in everything!
Nail head meet hammer. Like I said, wish I had written it.
Followers of Jesus do more than put Jesus first. She or he rearranges their life around Jesus. They strive to live out their whole life as Jesus might live their life. Spend like Jesus. Save like Jesus. Give like Jesus. Laugh like Jesus. Date like Jesus. Eat like Jesus. Sex like Jesus. Worship like Jesus. Drive like Jesus. Parent like Jesus. Love like Jesus. Serve like Jesus.
Not how I would live "if I was Jesus". But how Jesus would live "if he were me". Huge difference. Jesus was never married. I am.
