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Scripture
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. Matthew 16:24

Observation
Riding in the lumbering trolley car to the patent office, Albert Einstein conceived thoughts that would make “light-speed,” “warp drive” and “fourth dimension” household words. It was the theory of relativity. The hypothesis remained just words on paper until a team of astronomers took images of a solar eclipse that showed light bending around the sun, just as Einstein had predicted. It wasn’t until light was examined at its centre that time took on another dimension.

There is a theory of relativity for my every day living that can change the time that I have at my disposal. If I think of my available time like a yardstick, there is an end and a beginning. I never have enough time. If, however, I have a centre in my life and bend my yardstick of living around that centre, my time morphs into an unending circle.

Jesus calls me to live a centred life. I am not to live for myself, reaching out to the next goal or person. Instead, I am to wrap all of my existence around him, like a wheel rim around a hub. This brings me into a new dimension of living, from a limited line to an unlimited circle of existence.

Application
When my life is without centre, I start living for the next relationship, goal, ambitions that require me to measure out my limited resources to figure out how to reach them. Jesus is calling me to not live for goals or people but for him. When Jesus is my center, and all of my life wraps around him. distance becomes as irrelevant as a road to a tire. Then all of my relationships and goals flow from the centre of my relationship with Christ, like spokes in the wheel supporting my journey. I want my life to be centred in Christ.

Prayer
Jesus, be my centre. Take all of my life and wrap it around you. Amen.