He Must Be Everything

“For to me to live is Christ…”—Philippians 1:21a

What defines your life? What holds the primary interest and attention of your heart? What is it that receives your greatest devotion and determines the direction of your future? Is it Christ? Paul essentially proclaimed, “For my entire life is defined by my relationship with Jesus.” If others could describe you in a phrase, would their words include Jesus at all?

These are serious questions. For most of us, religion is a novelty, church is an activity, and service is a nuisance. Charles Spurgeon wrote, “If Christ be anything He must be everything. O rest not till love and faith in Jesus be the master passions of your soul.”

It’s time we break free from the burden of self-centered living and begin to live with Christ at the center of our lives. He’s the first cause of our existence as well as the Savior of our souls and He promises complete and final redemption for all those who will say, “Jesus, be everything to me.”