We hear it a lot, “It ain’t all about you!” We hear that it’s all about God and Jesus and His great epic story and making His name famous in the nations. My son, Chase, attended PASSION 2010 in Atlanta and their vision posted on their website reads:

“At the heart of it all, Passion exists to see a generation stake their lives on what matters most. For us, that is the fame of the One who rescues and restores, and our opportunity to amplify His name in everything we do…we are convinced more than ever that God is raising up a generation all around the globe that is passionate about making their lives count for His fame. Passion Twenty Ten is another step in a journey that is all about finding true meaning as we take our places in a story that is so much bigger than ourselves. It’s about trading in small dreams for a role in a grand epic that is shaping history and has no end.”

Now I don’t doubt that being born chronically self-consumed we quickly put ourselves and our own needs in the forefront of the expectations we place on our circumstances and on other people. Hey, we want what we want when we want it and we think we know what we want. We’re all about numero uno. I get that! But what is it that God is after? Who is He rescuing and restoring? Who is He raising up to glorify Himself? Who is He continually convincing that His story is the great Novel in which our chapters build His grand plot; that being caught up in telling HIStory is the great satisfier of our souls? Well, I believe it’s little ol’ ME and YOU! From God’s perspective, it IS all about you!

God created us in His image for a love relationship. From creation to redemption to the great wedding feast of heaven, He’s all about us! He is about our being free to be ourselves the way He intended from the beginning. Free from addictions and delivered from the grievous affects of molestation and all sorts of immorality, of depression and of other chronic self-consuming mental slavery. He wants us cleansed from the dirt that has ruined the virgin snow (Psalm 51:7; Isaiah 1:18). He wants us to come home (Luke 15:20) He wants to live in us! John 14:23: Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will obey My teaching. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.” He wants us alive!

We see this in our kids…especially teens! (As of this month, we now have 3!) They think it’s all about them. It erks me when I see the pursed eyebrows and hear the smack of entitlement. “We don’t owe you anything,” Kelli and I remind them. Yet we spend most of our energy providing, guiding, loving, correcting, parenting THEM! So much of what we do IS about them. And in doing these things, we also receive our benefit: a satisfaction that they are prepared for life, encouraged, “loved-up,” equipped.

Satisfaction, meaning, significance, value, purpose, all these are realized through relationship! This is what it’s all about. God pursuing us and us responding with a sweet surrender that completes us. We get lost within ourselves, but are found in Him! If it IS all about us apart from God, we will never find these things. No spouse, child or personal pursuit can take His place. We find ourselves ONLY when we find ourselves in Christ! The Father IS all about YOU. You can only see this when you’re all about Him.

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