Maybe We've Gotten it All Backwards...

For decades, I've been taught ways in which the Bible applies to my life, but never has anyone preached on how my life applies to the Bible. In other words, Western teaching places the focus on the individual rather than on the Grand Narrative.

If the point is not how this story applies to me but how my life fits into this story - God's story - as an additional chapter or subplot, would I act differently? Would I be less of a consumer and more of a contributor? Would I stop praying as though God is a magic genie, there to grant all my wishes, and pray more as a participant (or even as a teammate)?