Who Are We, If Not His!!!
If we had to create a list of our characteristics and of the qualities that comprise us individually, would our list be long?
Do you believe you are a complex individual?
Do you believe that you are complete, fully finished, and that you have gained all the characteristics that makes you—you?
YES! It is true; we are individuals filled with unique qualities.
YES! It is true; we are individuals, complex and created by a heavenly Father.
NO!! COMPLETELY NO!!! It is not true; we are individuals who are not born fully complete , fully prepared to meet the judgment of God. WE NEED JESUS!!!
It is a fact that we have been born of flesh, and it’s also a fact that our flesh will die and decay. (Humbling thought, I know)
Yet, here is the kicker—-
Yet, here is the TRUTH—-
Yet, here is the character quality everyone needs so desperately—-Childlike Faith.
Pause with me for a moment to peer into the bag of careers. See a rocket scientist, & See a financial planner, & See a neurosurgeon, & See a stay-at-home mother, & See a Teacher.
The Rocket Scientist—-Sees the world beyond, the galaxies and their potential.
The Financial Planner—-Sees the possibilities of how our universe can divide and conquer and why we should.
The Neurosurgeon—-Sees into the minds of others, touching upon what intricacies our brains possess and the unfathomable potential.
The Stay-at-Home Mother—-Sees her children, and she sees the future, the hope, and joy her child may bring to this world as he encounters and grows to become his full potential.
The Teacher—Sees the student & Also Sees the future, realizing that the space of time shared is but a speck in relation to the whole life the students he teaches will live.
What we desire to BE when we grow up can never be confused with who we are in Jesus.
In Jesus, we who was once lost are now found in Him.
In Jesus, we bring our child-like faith as we step toward Him, maybe not fully understanding everything but knowing that we believe and accept who Jesus is and who we can be through Him.
In Him we find confession and forgiveness for our sins.
In Him, we trust, accept, & believe,& then we begin to walk.
Who are you today? Are you lost? Are you separated from Jesus? Have you been working and working and working—BUT STILL you find that everything you have worked to create is worthless? What we work so diligent toward here on earth, in a few years, will die, become rusty, fall down dilapidated, and decay.
Yesterday, as I sat across the desk from the doctor, I remember her words: “Your body will never regain that which has already become deteriorating. You will never be healed from this, but we can help you find a way to live through this.”
Unfortunately, she’s right. My body is decaying; the Bible tells us so.
Fortunately, she’s also wrong. My body has been justified, and because it is, I will live forever and made complete through Christ. The Bible tells us so.
“Nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.
(Galatians 2: 16-21)
But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin?
May it never be!
For if I rebuild what what I once destroyed, I prove myself to be a transgressor.
For through the Law I died to the Law, so that I might live to God.
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”
Inside us, we are given an innate desire from our conception to know God, to know our Creator, to know our Sustainer and Redeemer, and to become His.
We do not need to become someone else; nevertheless, we do need to be fully ourselves.
We do not need to walk by doing this thing, avoiding that thing, and hoping we have done—Enough—when our death day finally comes (and it will come sooner than we like).
Rather, we need to come to Jesus in child-like faith. God’s Grace & Our Father’s Mercy covers a multitude of transgressions. Undeserving Salvation can be ours BECAUSE of JESUS CHRIST & what He did upon the cross of Calvary and inside the tomb.
The Apostle Peter was inspired by God’s Spirit to write these words.
“Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”
(1 Peter 4: 11)
Souls are forever, but our bodies are temporal.
God’s Salvation is forever, but our careers are but for a brief moment.
People need Jesus, the Savior of the world, and God expects His children to study His Word and to be ready to proclaim Him to those who are not yet His.
God’s children need boldness and confidence and courage so we can speak “the utterances of God.”
Let us give those we meet this Christ season the ultimate gift possible—JESUS.
Let us be bold, for we are His.
Let us be courageous, for He goes before us.
Let us be filled with His Word and Let Us Go Make Disciples of All Nations, in the only name that ever matters—JESUS!
We can never be someone else, but we can be fully ourselves.
So let us BE all that we can Individually BE in Christ Jesus.