Do I deserve this???
It is the end of the year
and all I can think about is wow, how is it December already? Despite that it
is the end of the year I reflect over this past year and all I can see is God
showering down blessing after blessing over me. I see the opportunity to start
another semester at Texas State, developing new friendships, participating in a
once in a life time opportunity, and so much more. Yet, in the mist of it all I
look back and think how I do not deserve any of it. In between each of those
blessings I know I have sinned multiple times, and yet He still gives me
another day to live in this world.
“Who am I, that the eyes
that see my sin/ would look on me with love/ and watch me rise again?” These relateable
lyrics are sung by Mark Hall of the band Casting Crowns. Why would God choose
me of all people to bless? I have sinned in more ways than I can count. I hold
grudges against people I should be loving. I tend to judge a person as soon as
they have done one wrong thing that they've never done before. So I raise the
question: “Who am I that God chooses to give me the best?” The reason is
because I am His daughter.
Each and every one of us
are His sons and daughters. He chooses to bless us every day because he has
forgiven every one of our sins once we repent. Psalm 130:12 says “As far as the
east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” He
has removed them from us so we could live a life more satisfying and fulfilling
in Him. No, we do not deserve His mercy just as Jesus did not deserve to die on
the cross, and yet he did. God showed us how much He loves us when Jesus
stretched out his arms and died for us. We were the ones who deserved to have
died on that cross. When Jesus died and rose again he broke the veil that
separated us from having a personal relationship with God. Because of that we
are able to come to God asking for forgiveness and accept Jesus Christ as our
personal Lord and Savior.
So the question of:
Who Am I, is no more. You are a new creature in Christ (Colossians 3:9-10). You
have the power to accomplish great things because you have the strength of
Jesus Christ living in you (Philippians 4:13). Most importantly you are chosen
by the Creator of the world that way he can accomplish His will through you (1
Peter 2:9). You are the child of the most high and just as I do deserve my
blessings, so do you. We will question constantly why He is being so good to
us, but just know that there is a reason for it. There is a plan that He is
revealing gradually with each blessing.
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