Scrolling through my facebook feed just now, minus the baseball news, all that’s there is a lot of posts starting with “I.”
I want
I need
I did
I was
I will
I can
I don’t
I, I, I, I…
Two verses come to mind:
Galatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live;
yet not I,
but Christ lives in me:
and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Exodus 3:13-14
And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses,
I AM THAT I AM:
and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel,
I AM
hath sent me unto you.
We are a needy people. God is our I AM. Whatever our own current “I…” statement includes, God is still and will always be, I AM.
Joy - “I AM” has always been my favourite Name of God. It doesn’t matter how I need Him at any moment, He responds “I AM”.
I have to admit, you made me look at my last few FB posts. Phew…all is well, but it could have just as easily been me to whom you were referring.
A verse that was my theme for a year, and I pray has been etched across my life in action and word is Psalm 115:1, “Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to Your Name be the glory.”
Please Father remove me, so others see Thee,
Joy