my Grace identity ... do i follow the ways of the world or do i follow Jesus' ways: Do you identify your life with the 3 points below?
1. I am What I Acquire
2. I am What I Feel
3. I am Whatever I Say I am
i have one part in my life experience a bit of these 3 points and as the message over the weekend, I am will never allow you to discover your inside; rather it will only let you see your outside. i was reading my devotionals today and the title read 'What Worship Does' ... Worship humbles the smug (self-righteous) and lifts the deflated (exhausted). i forget to let God be in control of my daily activities, and allow the ways of the world to tell me how my life will be more joyful or exciting if i work towards having more money or having a girlfriend/boyfriend to love ...
i believe that God has a plan for you and even if you think God hasn't had one for you - you just try running and He will find you and reach out to hold you no matter what. Our lives are filled with so much ideas that we can make it on our own strength, and even some books will point to your life saying no worries - the world is here to support you. Ha ha i really laugh at that and tell you that these truth claims will only work for you part-time / temporarily. In Psalm 8, David starts of by praising God
O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
Your glory is higher than the heavens.
Trust in Christ and allow the truth of God be open to you ... 3I'm speaking to you out of deep gratitude for all that God has given me, and especially as I have responsibilities in relation to you. Living then, as every one of you does, in pure grace, it's important that you not misinterpret yourselves as people who are bringing this goodness to God. No, God brings it all to you. The only accurate way to understand ourselves is by what God is and by what he does for us, not by what we are and what we do for him (Romans 12:3 Msg) Our lives changes when we are secure in our identity based on the fact we know and experience God loves us!
Psalm 8
1 O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
Your glory is higher than the heavens.
2 You have taught children and infants
to tell of your strength,
silencing your enemies
and all who oppose you.
3 When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—
the moon and the stars you set in place—
4 what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
human beings that you should care for them?
5 Yet you made them only a little lower than God
and crowned them with glory and honor.
6 You gave them charge of everything you made,
putting all things under their authority—
7 the flocks and the herds
and all the wild animals,
8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
and everything that swims the ocean currents.
9 O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
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