“Who
am I that the Lord of all the earth, would care to know my name, would care to
feel my hurt?” These are lyrics from the song “Who am I” by
Casting Crowns. I sometimes have the same questions in my mind. I find it
peculiar and incredibly amazing that a God as mighty as the Great I am would
want to be apart of my life. Especially when I recall how I was before
accepting Him into my life. It beats me. But then again, He is love. His love
for us was so intense and uncompromising that He did the ‘unthinkable’. To our
human minds, it is unthinkable. Nonetheless, our Father in heaven did it.
Who am I that God would give His one and only son
Jesus to die for me on the cross, so that I would not perish, but have eternal
life? That is from John 3:16. I know many of us have heard of it. However, do
we stop to measure the weight of that verse? Do we meditate upon the
words? To sum it all up, God made a grand sacrifice. He knows how hard it is
and that is why he tested Abraham with it. He regarded Abraham highly because
he was ready to do the ‘unthinkable’. He obediently set out to sacrifice Isaac.
The son he had waited for, for so many years. God loves us so much. He has
freely given us an option of life. Eternal life for that matter. But what do we
do? Out of ignorance and lack of knowledge, we reject Him. We prefer to love
the world and in the end…..well, that's a tragic story for another day.
Who am I that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, would
choose to die for me? He took all my sins away, cleansed, sanctified and
justified me with his precious blood. O such love!! I'll be forever awed. The
pain and the shame. He bore it all for me. He carried the burden of sin which
set Him apart from God. He cried “Eloi Eloi, Lama Sabachthani”. That manifested
the peak of pain He felt at being separated from God the Father. Jesus was in utter
agony. He finally gave up His Spirit and after three days, He rose from the
dead. He had defeated death. Now because of what He did, I am more than a conqueror.
In their bridge, Casting Crowns sing, “It's not because of who I am, but because of
what you've done and not because of what I've done, but because of who you
are…” These words are addressing our Lord and savior. It is neither because
of who I am nor what I have done that I can stand in righteousness and
confidence before the Lord today. It is all because of what He did for me on
the cross and His loving nature.
It is, therefore, clear to me that for the Son of
God to make such a sacrifice as dying on the cross for me, I must be worth a
lot in His eyes. For Him to offer me the gift of spending eternity with Him, I
must be very special to Him. Therefore, everyday, I pray that I get to see
myself the way He sees me and to also value myself the way He values me. I know
that way, I will learn how to live my life the way He wants me to. My time on
earth may not be much, but everyday I live, I want to ensure that I make that
sacrifice that the Lord made for me count.
mmmh that kind of love again. You c someone told me that she would wait for Him no matter what. that she is tired of this guy who is similar to God, the one who is close enough to be confused with the true One. That at first she was tired of being alone with everyone around her in a relationship so she reached out to him since he was close enough she knew she could change him so she jumped for the ride oh she hated being single. Later that's wen it hit her that this was the kind of guy who loved the word LUKE and lived with it WARMLY. He was the kind of guy who showed himself a LIAR, A DEATH BENEFACTOR AND A PERSECUTOR to the truth. And why was she not surprised when she broke her heart i asked? Coz she knew it all along. But now, what she holds on to is she would like to be a virgin on the inside, her fingers won't interlock with anyone, she would never go out again i mean she wouldn't even hug or walk or exchange breaths wth anyone. She has resolved to let go the AM A FLIRT thing n sleep alone in her bed n right such poems as this. She will wait for Him and worry not about her biological clock coz she is waiting for the Author of time who can stop restart or pause it you know. She knows He holds the best love story ever told, His faithfulness is beyond Abraham coz His sacrifice is beyond His disciples and His love? His love is nothing beyond Him for He is love. She would rather stay there and be that answered prayer you know, the bone of my bones, the Sarah to Abraham or rather the Rebecca to Isaac with boldness such as of Esther, oh she wants to be proverbs 31. She sees everything the psalms 51:10 way. It is worth it i knew, so i understood when she said she will wait, she will wait, she will wait for Him for He loved her even before she knew Him coz He prayed for her just that one day she meets Him: CHRIST JESUS
ReplyDeleteWow...now ths z what am talkn abt. Nys one Elly n very encouraging. N thoz biological clocks,who set them?? The world ryt...when I say I won't conform,I mean it. Let thoz of the world worry abt biological clocks. I choose not to.
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