Here is one more quote from Tim Chester’s excellent book, You Can Change:

Our problem is that we think of ourselves as being at the center of our world.  We think of our lives as a story and, if we’re Christians, God is one of the characters in our story.  We look for him when we need him and expect him to be grateful when we serve him.  He’s a lovely piece of our story, but we still think of it as our story.  But it’s not our story.  It’s God’s story.  Of course there is a sense in which God is there for us.  But the bigger reality is that we’re there for God.  We exist to give him glory.  He doesn’t owe us anything, not even explanations.  Meanwhile, we owe him everything as our Creator and Redeemer.

So are we living like it’s our story or God’s story?  Ponder how our approach to life would be different depending on whose story we think it is….