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If you spend any time watching a movie, binging through a great TV show, or spending hours diving into a great book, there’s usually one person who is consistently the focus of your attention—the main character. Every plot point, side character, or story arch is either dependent on or revolves around one central person. For many of us, we live our lives as if we were the main characters in our own stories. Every decision, every life change, and every moment of every day is based on what we want and what we want alone. And in some way it makes sense, after all, it’s your life! Or . . . is it?

When we invite Jesus into our lives, when we ask Him to be our Savior, we’ve chosen for Him to become the main character instead of ourselves. Our lives no longer revolve around our hopes and desires, but instead, should be lived in a way that brings glory and honor to the God we have chosen to serve. Of course, this is easy to say, and not so easy to live out daily. We almost have to train ourselves to remember that it’s no longer our life to live, but a life we have put in God’s hands.

As a reminder, put this Scripture somewhere that you’ll see it every day, whether as the background of your phone, written on a sticky note, or even on an index card you carry with you.