It seems to me that when we begin to think that we are the center of the universe, that everything revolves around us, and that everything should work for our pleasure, we should remember who is really at the center, the heart of it all:

“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for Thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created. (Revelation 4:11).

Imagine that. There is somebody bigger than you and me. And, although we are …part of His eternal plan, we are only a part of it.

Yet we are such an important part of it that He wants us to be a good part of it forever. To that end He provided a solution to reconcile our sinful ways with His righteousness: read John 3:16-17 again: “For God so loved . . .