Who Am I?
John 3:16: For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
When I gave my heart to Jesus the light was turned on, and I became ashamed of who I was before Him. He came in and cleaned up my life, for we are all born in sin. I never understood this until He taught me His way. As I grew in Him, I learned that we are all sinners, and our hearts are terribly wicked. Step-by-step He came in and cleaned my wicked heart up. We will never be perfect until Heaven, only Jesus lived a perfect, sinless life. This is why He was able to be sacrificed for our sins to be forgiven. When we are saved, He forgets our past sins, but satan would like to remind us, so we will give up. But instead of giving up, I realize where I came from and where I am today: a sinner saved by grace, a new creature in Christ. After becoming saved, I was so ashamed of myself and how I used to be, but Jesus taught me to forgive myself as He has forgiven me. I followed the world's pattern then, but not longer. What fools we are being led by satan, but when we come to Jesus, He opens our eyes and heart and we discover a beautiful life in Him. The grass looks greener and the birds sing with joy. I asked Him for His wisdom and knowledge to live a life in Him, and He filled my heart with love for all mankind.
A friend sent this poem to me, and I don’t know who wrote it to give credit, but it describes me and the life I continue to live for Christ perfectly!
Who Am I?
Well that’s hard to answer because, for the most part, I have no idea. I know this: I am a simple life with an amazing God. I am a vessel and a voice….of Jesus, King of Kings, Lord of Lords. And the only reason worth living for is to know Him as He unveils Himself to me and through me in a real life. I have given up labels and claims. My visions lie buried in His ability. I am what He makes me and is making me- whoever that is. He is my life, my all, my only. What am I? I am His mystery-unfolding, and he holds all the knowledge of what that is and is not. Of what that will be and how He will make Himself known in this little life. He alone sees. I can say my goal is to know Him as He is. And His goal is to make Himself known through me. Only on the other side will I comprehend who I am and what I became. For now, I’m not terribly interested. My salvation? Christ came for me in my twenties and taught me to walk with Him on His own turf. And for some fifty years, I have been stumbling over myself and falling into Him. I have never given Him anything worthy of having, but he has given me all His treasure. The vision of my hopes lie buried in His ability.