You ARE The Center of His Universe!

A while back, a friend and I were discussing the age old question, "Is there life on other planets?" I had mentioned that my father couldn't imagine that there wasn't given all the other planets in the universe. I, on the other hand, marveled at the prospect that God would make this vast universe and everything in it just for us; the lone life on one planet of many. At this point my friend said, "Well, I don't think of myself as the center of the universe." I took a bit of offense to this comment as I was not talking about "ME" but about God's love for us. Later, I thought, "But you ARE the center of HIS universe!" God created us. When we blew it in the Garden, separating us from Him, He provided a way to reunite us instead of destroying us. As early as chapter 3 in Genesis, God promises a redeemer. To the one who destroys life (Satan) he says, "And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." Genesis 3:15 Jesus Christ God's only son, was this promise. His death and resurrection is the price that is paid for our sin so we can be reunited with our perfect God. Sin and perfection cannot be present at the same time. So sin must be cleansed which it was at the cross of Christ. This done all out of a love we can't begin to fathom. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 I'd say this proves we ARE the center of HIS universe. What more could he do? It is the highest price of love there is. "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13 What a great thought to bring back to mind as much as possible, but especially when we are feeling down. We should be rejoicing always because of this truth. Dear friends, and myself included, as Paul wrote, "And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge - that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." Ephesians 3:17b-19