Who I am vs Whose I am
I am a failure vs I am a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17)
I lie vs God is Truth (John 14:6)
I look to others for worth vs I am priceless in the eyes of God (why else would He send Jesus to die for me?) (1 Timothy 2:5-6)
I am judgmental vs God’s mercy triumphs over judgment (James 2:13)
I am selfish and love myself vs God is selfless love that can’t help but give (John 3:16)
I am hot headed, stingy, and heartless vs God is slow to anger, compassionate, and gracious (Psalm 145:8)
These are just a few contrasts between the creation (me) and the Creator (God). Although the contrasts could go on for pages and pages, lists and lists, days and days, as I go along this week running up to Easter Sunday, I am so thankful that God does not look at who I am, but whose I am. Jesus has paid the price, so why do I fret? I stress about programmes, having leaders for said programmes, budgets for programmes, feeling inadequate to do all of the above and more. I truly count it a beautiful blessing, this struggle called ministry, called life.
I have found that as I go day to day, trudging through week after week, that I become bogged down more and more because I focus too much on who I am. But when I focus on what truly is important, whose I am, I am freed.
Isn’t that what Easter is all about, the freedom we’ve found in Christ. Freedom freely given. There is nothing we can do to earn it, nothing we can do to deserver it. It is a gift, no strings, but endless blessings.
This is what I want to share with the world, with the Emerald Isle, with Newcastle.
Freedom freely given. Do you humbly accept this gift? Or do you walk on by, looking inwardly only to find disappointment, or outwardly only to find rejection and disappointment? The world we live in will leave us longing, but our Creator longs to have us back in His arms.
HE IS RISEN! Will you walk with Him?
