Recently,
I had what for me was a “Copernican moment”: I am not at the center of the
universe. The world doesn’t revolve around me. It doesn’t move at my pace, in
my terms, nor in accord with my preferences.
Though
we might wish it to be otherwise, life is not all about us. Everything revolves
around the Lord. In Psalm 33, we read that all nature revolves around Him and
His control (vv.6-9). He assigned the sea its boundaries and locked the ocean
in vast reservoirs. Everything in nature operates in accordance with the laws
He has set.
The
nations also revolve around the Lord (vv.10-12). No plan or scheme can stand up
against God’s. Ultimately, it is the Lord’s plan that will stand forever. His intentions
can never be shaken.
Finally,
the lives of all humanity revolve around the Lord (vv.13-19). God sees the
whole human race. He made our hearts, and He understands everything we do. And
He has the power to intervene in our lives and deliver us from situations
spinning out of control.
Our life is created to be centered on God, not self. How thankful we can be to serve such a powerful God, who has every aspect of our lives under His control.
When we die to all about us, we live to God above us. (RBC)
