I remember the time we watched a football game intently. Beautiful weather and it was the first game my son got to suit up even though he was one of the youngest players.
We enjoyed the excitement of the game. The band played wonderfully, and we would yell as the cheerleaders led us. The two teams were moving up and down the field and the scoreboard was changing, but our attention was focused somewhere else. He went out for football, worked hard, trained and made the team.
Our son’s team was playing that night, but our eyes were in one particular place and on one particular person. No, he did not get to play that night because he was on the second string, but he was the star of the game for us. We were so proud as we watched our son, not to observe every mistake he made, but we watched him because we loved him very much.
The Bible says that God looks at us in the same way.
1 John 3:1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
It says we are or can be the Apple (very center) of His eye.
Psalms 17:8 Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings,...
When we accept Christ as Lord and Savior, we become very special to Him, we become His children.
John 1:12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,...
Psalms 33:18-21 tell us about the benefits of that special relationship.
Psalms 33:18-21 Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love, that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine. Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.
As we start the new year of 2026 let us make God the center of our lives.
See you in Church next Sunday.