The Center

Have we lost our center as Christians? Instead of the center point of our lives being the truth of Christ, is our center merely our feelings and experiences? If so, then we probably have lost the ability to have bad experiences. What do I mean? We go places ... to plays, concerts, movies ... even church, and the purpose is not to seek and savor Christ and His truth ... but to seek and savor experiences for the purpose of feeling good.

And because this is the end goal: To have good experiences ... we often won't allow someone, based on their conviction of Christ and His truth, to tell us that they had a bad experience when we felt good about it. Why? Because it threatens our perception of the experience and feelings. Truth? Who cares if the play's message didn't align with God's truth, who cares if the musician didn't share the gospel? Who cares if the movie was off-color or the sermon off-line ... "it made me feel good! And you can't take that away from me."

The first step to revival in the church today is for the church to get over ourselves, our goals, our dreams, our feelings. It's not that these things are bad and need to be repressed, its just instead of springing from entertainment or emotionalism, they need to spring from truth - instead of being grounded in a love of self, they need to be grounded in a love for the Savior. When we lose ourselves in seeking Christ, we find ourselves for the first time in life.