Saturday, September 20, 2008

Who am I?

Who am I to be loved by the God of the universe?
Who am I to be saved from utter desolation?
Who am I to be able to call God "Father"?
Who am I to be declared righteous before God?
Who am I?
I am nothing.
HE is everything.


The more time I study and reflect on the Word of God and call on His name in prayer, the more I understand that I am truly nothing and God is everything. As a sinner I am a cursed man and fully deserve to be snuffed out by God. He is holy, righteous and completely perfect; it would be perfectly just for Him to destroy me. However, He is also loving; He wants to save me from myself.

So who exactly am I? I am one of the Redeemed. I have been brought back into fellowship with God. The price of this was the death of Jesus, who is the Christ, on the cross and His raising from the dead after three days. Through the work of Jesus my old sinful self has been done away with and I have been brought into new life in God. There's nothing I did or can do to ever deserve this relationship I now possess. The Bible clearly shows, through the course of history, that God has always been the initiator in man's salvation. He ALWAYS is the one who saves us. There has never been a man who has first called on God; God is the initiator.

I am a very prideful young man. I am so quick to take pride in my many merits. How foolish am I? God is the one who has blessed me with the very things I take pride in! Instead of giving glory to Him I naturally take honor for myself. May I realize every moment of the day has been given to me for the sole purpose of glorifying God. I believe that pride is the root of all other sins. Pride says that I am more important and I want to do what I want to do. I pray that God will transform me into a humble man so that I can life His name above all else.

I was a sinner dead in my sin and on the path to Hell. I was as a blind man who was falling and reaching out for something to catch my fall. God caught my hand that was outstretched and believing that He could help me up.

Who am I?
I am loved and because of this I love others.
I am saved and because of this I thank God.
I am His adopted child and because of this I cry out to my Father.
I am set apart and because of this I give honor to His name.
I am nothing.
HE is everything.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

amen. of course He wants to save us from ourselves. we are our own enemy. "May I realize every moment of the day has been given to me for the sole purpose of glorifying God." i always knew that, but the words you chose are AWESOME. every breath we are given is to glorify the God of the universe.

ALL GLORY TO HIS NAME!!