Over the weekend I ran across a wonderful site on how to make Christ central in your life.. especially during this Christmas season. And then hopefully that will spill over into your every day life.. For Christ should be our everything, for without Him we are nothing.. just people living their life for their own pleasure doing what they do according what is right to them. but is very far left of what God says is right living!
The Bible tells us that there is nothing good in man.. not one thing. .... even if we try to do something good it is no better than filthy rags..let's look at this with an academic / biblical mind.. I found this explanation online..
“All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away” (Isaiah 64:6). This passage is often used as a proof text to condemn all our acts of goodness as nothing more than “filthy rags” in the eyes of God. The context of this passage is referring specifically to the Israelites in Isaiah’s time (760—670 B.C.) who had strayed from God. Isaiah was writing concerning his nation and their hypocrisy. Yet he includes himself in the description, saying “we” and “our.” Isaiah was redeemed and set apart as a prophet of God, yet he saw himself as part of a group that was utterly sinful. The doctrine of total depravity is taught clearly elsewhere in Scripture (e.g., Ephesians 2:1–5), and the illustration of Isaiah 64:6 could rightly be applied to the whole world, especially given Isaiah’s inclusion of himself in the description."
So once we become believers it is right that we give Christ preeminence in our lives.. This online page has some wonderful ways to put Christ first doing the holiday season!
