Could it alter the Christ Centered Relationship?

While focusing on Christ Centered Relationship

After receiving Christ as my Lord and Savior, my first goal was to maintain good relationship with Christ and obey him. However, this task is far more difficult than we think it is as we don’t even realize in many cases how we are putting ourselves first instead of Christ.


Christ centered relationship is what every Christian desire for, but somehow in many cases, it turns out to be a self-centered relationship.

Keeping the objective of a Christ centered relationship in my mind; I continued my journey with Christ with determination and a clear goal to do something for the kingdom of God. However, I ignored Satan from the picture which was always there to attack whenever he got the chance.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour

Jesus warned Peter to stay awake telling him about the trait of the Satan. Even though Jesus has already won the battle on the cross, Satan still has one huge power with him and i.e. the power of the tongue. Yes, Satan crafts his lies in such a way that we cannot even recognize his evil tactics.

Sneak Attack on Christ centered Relationship

Let me tell you my story of how Satan altered my Christ centered relationship.

It all started with a small lie of Satan, which I thought was just a small thing. Everything was going normal in my life. I read my Bible every day, continually improving my prayer and worship life. After a few days, instead of moving forward, I keep on moving backward.

I was moving backward, but I did not even realize it. I fell for a small lie of Satan telling me that it is late night and skipping prayer one time is not a big issue, and I skipped my night prayer. Yeah, I read the Bible, worshiped and did all the stuffs; however, I skipped my night prayer. After skipping my night prayer one day, I started developing a habit of compromising which looked like a small thing, but I was not that small.

Sometimes Small Mistake could cost you a lot

Due to that one night prayer skipping, I started shortening my regular prayers, began to feel lazier to attend the Church and worship God. Moreover, these were the adverse impacts of my carelessness:

i. I was more interested in Worldly stuffs

ii. My relationship with God and believers became to get weak

iii. I was enjoying the company of Worldly people more than the fellowship with my believers family

And after moving more and more away from God and my fellow believers, one day God revealed to me one verse which made me realized my condition. He showed me:

Hebrews 10:25 

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

It made me feel like I woke up from a deep sleep.

Enough! , I said to myself and went in the right direction again focusing on Christ centered relationship and the will of God. I am really thankful to God for not leaving me even in my unbelief. I lost my way and needed to start again due to one small lie of Satan, however, it made me realize the harmful consequences of my small mistake. I lost my way, but God again found me.

Many people learn from their mistake, but many smart people learn from other’s mistake. And by reading my story, I hope you would not take Satan too lightly leading to harming yourself, your relationship with God and believers. God bless you.