The
goal of the Christian life is living our life centered in the eternal presence of
God. The
center represents the driving force of one’s life where the totality of our
thought and life brings us into communion and union with the heart of God. It
is nothing more or nothing less than our full devotion in knowing and seeking
the life giving love of the resurrected Christ.
In
Christian theology the center is aptly described by the apostle Paul, who
states I have been crucified with Christ, I no longer live, but Christ lives in
me.
His practical experience reveals a relationship where the
life of Christ has transformed his heart and resides in him. Paul no longer
lives in his present state of reality, but in a new reality of the cosmic (eternal)
Christ taking control of his life. He no longer lives his life in his own power
and intellect. He lives life filled by grace no longer with his limited
knowledge but now filled with the knowledge of God. His heart moves closer each day to be like
Christ’s heart. He declares as he dies
to his own desires and passions his heart becomes more like Christ’s heart.
Christ’s life becomes his life and now being centered in Him he is more and
more transformed to become like Christ, act like Christ and talk like
Christ. The heart of Jesus now lives and
acts through Paul’s heart and life. Paul now lives life centered in Christ.
