Jesus is the Main Character

This morning, our worship pastor relayed a conversation he had yesterday with his five and six-year-old sons:

6 y/o: Dad, who is the main character of the book you are reading?

Dad (looking at the non-fiction work in his hand): Well, I guess I would say Jesus.

5 y/o: Dad, is Jesus the main character of every book?

Don't you love it when kids so appropriately hit the nail on the head? I do; well, unless they're "correcting" one of my errant behaviors, but that rarely happens (cough, cough)... Okay, back to Jesus. 

A few years ago, I fell in love with the Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones. Have you seen it?  

It's wonderful. Buy it. Buy it soon. Whether you have kids or not. This beautiful work points out what many of us have missed in traditional "good guy, bad guy" Sunday School lessons. Listen: 

There are lots of stories in the Bible, but all the stories are telling one Big Story. The Story of how God loves his children and comes to rescue them.
It takes the whole Bible to tell this Story. And at the center of the Story, there is a baby. Every Story in the Bible whispers his name. He is like the missing piece in a puzzle - the piece that makes all other pieces fit together, and suddenly you can see a beautiful picture.

Jesus is the main character. He is the center of every story from Genesis to Revelation. He is the Rescuer and Redeemer; and, He is to be the main character of every moment of my day, too. Regardless of my role, He loves me

with a Never Stopping, Never Giving Up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever Love. 

No other main character does that.