an exerpt from Wanda Beth Moore's "Breaking Free"

[Isaiah 40:12-28; 45:5-25; 46:1-13]

"As I read over these passages, I am sobered and humbled once again. Sometimes what we need to cure our fat egos is a strong dose of G'd. Long before a certain visionary "discovered" the earth was round, G'd sat enthroned above the circle of the earth. Long before men were so "enlightened," G'd formed the light and the darkness. Long before the first billion dollars was invested in exploring space, G'd's own hands stretched out the heavens. Long before there was a "beginning," G'd had already planned the end. Like Peter on the mount of tr'nsfiguration, we're so caught up in the t'bernacles we want to build that we sometimes miss a fresh revel'tion of G'd's glory right before our eyes.

If only we could realize that we make life so much more complicated when our approach to life is "all about me." Do you know why? Because the rest of the world never cooperates. No one else appears to have gotten the memo. When we see ourselves as the center of the universe, we live in constant frustration because the rest of creation refuses to revolve around us.

Life vastly simplifies and satisfaction greatly amplifies when we begin to realize our awesome roles. G'd is G'd. Frankly, it's all about Him. Thank goodness, He is the center of the universe. So how can we live with such a G'd-centered mentality? Freely! Because with G'd, it's all about us. We seek to please Him. He seeks to perfect us–and life works. Not without pain, but with purpose.

Without the Potter, clay is just dirt. 'The L'rd G'd formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being' (Gen. 2:7)."