Copernicus was wrong!

As I was running errands today, I got to thinking about life and how I view myself. In my life, I make decisions with the primary concern and motivation being myself. After getting married, I began to think of my wife at times before I made a decision, but still the primary factor for deciding one way or the other was my personal feelings and the amount of personal gain. This process was further complicated when I had children. Now, there are more factors to consider before making a decision, but my process still begin with my personal preferences at the center. Any compromises or alterations to my preferences that need to be made for the benefit of my family can be done, but the center is still me. With this in mind, I drove down the road today thinking to myself, "What a jerk!" Someone needs to contact Copernicus because apparently the universe revolves around me.
I imagine that if we were honest with ourselves, for the majority of us, this is exactly how we live our lives. I do not think that I am all that different in my thought process than the majority of humanity. What really hit me this morning though was that this is not the way that it is supposed to be. This is not the life that God has created me to live. In his example, Christ came not for his personal gain, but for the gain of others. There needs to be a transformation of my primary focus in life from myself to the Lord. This is not my life that I am living, rather it is the life that God has granted me for his service. I am not my own but God's. He has redeemed my soul and my life. He brought it out of the emptiness that it was destined to suffer in. I am not the center of the universe. God is! Copernicus did have it wrong. I pray that the Lord will move my heart to see with his eyes the world that he has called me to serve.
In Him,
Paul