THE CENTER OF GOD'S WILL

THE CENTER OF GOD'S WILL

The safest place in the world is to be in the center of God's will."
Those were the words of a woman has spend most of her life sharing the love
of Jesus Christ in a culture so different from ours that most of us who were
listening to her story could not imagine living the life she described. She
has moved into a culture where life-threatening experiences were the norm,
the language was completely unfamiliar, and where the customs and way of
life was completely different from anything she had ever known. By following
God's lead she has seen and experienced His power, His mercy, and His
protection. As she told her story she stated with great confidence that,
"The safest place in the world is to be in the center of God's will."
Let that thought sink in: "The safest place in the world is to be in the
center of God's will."

When one reads the Scriptures or studies the lives of the faithful from the
pages of God's Word, it would be difficult to argue anything else.
Throughout the pages of the Bible you read of men and women who lived
through difficult times, survived seemingly impossible situations, left the
familiar for the unknown endured life-threatening conditions, and some lost
their life for their mission. They were in the center of God's will.

For this seventy-five year old woman there is no doubt the safest place in
the world is to be in the center of God's will. Scripture confirms it as
true. What about you? Do you believe that the safest place in the world is
to be in the center of God's will? Do you agree that the safest place in the
world is to be in the center of God's will?

To reverse the thought is also: if the safest place in the world is to be in
the center of God's will, then the most dangerous place in the world is to
be out of God's will.
It's a serous matter which leads to a very serious question: How do I know
if I am at the center of God's will?
A similar question was posed to Jesus by the religious leaders of His day.
They asked it in a different way, and their motives were not so pure, but
their desire to know and be in God's will
was just real as ours. They asked, "Which is the most important of all the
commands?" Or, "How do I know I am at the center of God's will?" His
answer stunned and silenced them: "Love
God with all your heart and soul and mind and strength. Then, love your
neighbor as yourself." He went on to say, "All the others hang on these
two." (Matthew 22:34-40)

There's our answer. Love God above all else. Love people as much as you love
yourself. Love God with your whole heart, and love people like God loves
them. If we live like that we can
have confidence that we are at the center of God's will, and thus be in the
safest place in the world.
Want to feel safe? Love God and love people. Want to be confident that you
are doing God's will? Love God and love people. Want to live a life that has
meaning and purpose and value? Love God and love people.
A life lived that pleases God and lived to love people is a life lived on
the edge, a life filled with adventure, and perhaps a life of danger. But,
it is also life at the center of God's will.
We can live that kind of life. We can enjoy that kind of life.
Then, we can share that kind of life.
Let's do it! Let's live in the safest place in the world...the center of
God's will.
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