A sower went out to sow....

The prophecies, the testimonies of John the Baptizer, the words of Scriptures – all these, according to Jesus, converge and point to Him. He is the center, the reason, the fulfillment of all. He is unique. There may be brilliant teachers, saints, heroes, and prophets yet to come. But Jesus is unique – preeminent over all.

How central is Jesus to our lives – to all that we think, say, and do? Do we refer all – our personal affairs and concerns, our family affairs, our workplace issues – to Jesus?

Once I chatted with one of our boys in our house. He was about to start his classes. He said, “Father, when I start my classes I will remember this word: FOCUS.” “That’s right,” I said, “If you want to be successful, you have to FOCUS on what you are doing. Otherwise, you will be distracted by many unnecessary things.” Apparently, the word FOCUS he said was more than what I thought. He said, “I will do my study for Family, Others, Universe, Self, and Christ should be in the center.” “Wow, that is beautiful!” I said. I think he is right. In everything we do, we might do it for family, others, universe, self, but we have to remember that we have to put Christ in the center of our lives.