You’re The Center Of Attention
Good News – June 2024 – Grace & Truth Magazine
You’re The Center Of Attention!
A remarkable quality about the reflection in a spherical mirror is that no matter where the mirror might be placed, the eyes of the viewer will always be in the center of the mirror. Whether one holds this kind of mirror inches away or at arm’s length makes no difference. There is no escaping being at the exact center of a spherical mirror when looking into it.
Just as you remain at the center of a spherical mirror, so you are at the center of God’s attention. Whether you are an atheist or a believer, you are at the center of God’s attention. God knows everything about you and sees all you do. He knows all this as if only you existed and all His infinite power was directed toward you.
As humans we possess the ability to concentrate on only a few objects at a time. But our infinite God is not limited by time or space. He perfectly knows all things at all times. There is no place where you may hide from His sight. You cannot disappear into a crowd. No darkness is thick enough to block out His vision.
It is the nature of a spherical mirror that you will see yourself at the very center of it. And it is the nature of God that wherever you are, whatever you are doing, God’s attention is centered on you.
His love is also focused on you. He sent His Son into the world to show the greatness of that love. In His life the Lord Jesus glorified God by His perfect obedience, which led Him at the right time to the cross. In His death He made a way for judgment-deserving sinners to be saved. “God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8 KJV). The same immense love that brought the Lord Jesus to the cross is now seeking sinners to bring them to Himself. The way to enter into God’s favor forever is open to all because the blood shed on Calvary has the power to wash away the repentant sinner’s every stain of sin. “The blood of Jesus Christ [God’s] Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 Jn. 1:7).
Since He knows you so well, there is no reason to pretend that you are not a sinner. It is probably true that you have done many good things in your life – acts of kindness, keeping the law, paying your taxes on time, loving your family, or many other acts that are praiseworthy – but the truth is, your heart inside you has not been right before God. “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart” (Jer. 17:9-10). The undeniable truth is that you are far from perfect; you have committed sin and are marked by God as a sinner. The God who sees all and knows all has said very clearly in His Word, “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23).
Because we are all sinners, we desperately need the Savior. Through His work on the cross the Lord Jesus has obtained the forgiveness of sins and the gift of eternal life for all who turn to Him in faith. Once you are saved, He wants you to learn more of His love and to live as His dear child.
Make no mistake, you are at the center of God’s attention. This same God who knows all about you wants you to come to Christ and receive His wonderful gift of eternal life – eternal love. Will you refuse His love and continue to live as if God were far off and Christ never died for you? Or, will you turn to the God who loves you and gave His Son for you? Turn to Him today! We can tell you how.
(Adapted from another ministry, used by permission.)