The Center of Your Lives

Numbers 2:1-2 Then the Lord gave these instructions to Moses and Aaron: “When the Israelites set up camp, each tribe will be assigned its own areas. The tribal divisions will camp beneath their family banners on all four sides of the Tabernacle, but some distance from it.” 

Notice that when they traveled, the Israelites were to put my Tabernacle in the center of their camp, with all of their families surrounding it. I was to be the center of their lives. And so it should be today. As you have seen in Scripture, when my people make me the center of their lives, they are content, safe, taken care of. They experience peace with the outside world and within themselves. Is that what you are experiencing these days? Is your Nation at peace? Is there unity? Am I the center of your lives? No. No. No. And no. The fourth no is why you are where you are. I am not only not the center of your lives, I am not even in many of your lives. I am certainly not in your government. I am not in your corporations. I am not in your schools. I am not in your medical establishment. I am not in your families. I am not in your hearts. And so, you strive. You fight. You attack each other. You work your entire lives just to survive. You are not content. You are not at peace with each other or within yourselves. You suffer addiction, rage, impulse control issues, mental health issues, deteriorating physical health…..Your lives are simply full of strife, anger, wants, needs…..but not what matters – me. You do not know contentment. You do not know true peace. You do not enjoy what I have given you. You search and search for all of these things. You make it so complicated and impossible to achieve. Yet, it is so very simple. It all revolves around your relationship – or lack thereof – with me. Your walk with me. Putting me in the center of your lives. Asking me into your heart. Seeking the presence of the Holy Spirit daily to help you live. Simple. Yet, you crave complicated, man-centered solutions. When will you learn? It will quickly be too late. (2022)