Christ-centered?

One of the verses that I have been mediating on for a long time is 2 Corinthians 1:20 (ESV)

²⁰ For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. 

The immediate question is, how are the promises of God yes in Christ?

My reasonably confident answer is that we need to read and interpret all of the promises of God (OT and NT) in how they relate to the life, ministry, death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus.

Some are promises are obvious:

Isaiah 53:6 (ESV) ⁶ All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Some are less obvious:

Genesis 3:15 (ESV)  ¹⁵ I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

We always need to be fully Christ-centered in how read and study the Bible.

We need to be purposefully Christ-centered as we view and live our lives.

So the questions in life become different:

Instead of ‘what do I want?’ we need to ask what does the Lord want?

Instead of ‘what pleases me?’ we need to ask what pleases the Lord in this circumstance.