In order to answer the question, I think we need to address both questions within. Who am I and whose am I?
Who am I? Does this simply refer to what you do, where you go and why you do things? Or does it go deeper than that? Does it ask you about your hopes and dreams, your fears and your dreads, your interests and grievances, your place of resolve and your advisers? Does it ask you about who you really are underneath the facade that everyone sees and experiences.... and that we ourselves come to recognise as "us"?
I know I'm a person that craves love and acceptance, respect and inclusion. I want to be loved, so I love others. I want to be included, so I make an effort to include others. I want to be respected, so I respect others.
I do this with my family, with my friends, with others that I recognise as needing help. But does giving love, respect and so on guarantee that it will be reciprocated?
Since I crave these things as a person, and I can't guarantee that I receive them in return, the question is asked... well is it worth it?
Let's answer that in a moment.
So whose am I?
Well, I know that God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, sent His Eternal Son to earth to live as a man in perfect obedience, die as a man to conquer death, and have victory over sin so that I might be reconciled with God. So what? Why would God do that?
The answer is simple.
God the Father wanted, before the dawn of time, before the foundations of the world, before all of creation, He wanted to adopt me as His son.
Why would He want to do that??? Because He loves me. He accepts me. He wants to include me in His heavenly bond of love. Jesus, who is by His very nature, God, came to earth as a man so that we could have a relationship with God. He sent the Holy Spirit to dwell within us, so that we could participate in the bond of love between Jesus the Son, God the Father and the Holy Spirit, who are all bound together as one, and yet are three separate.
God loves us, so that we might love. He accepts us so that we might accept others. He includes us so that we might include others. God promises to restore all of creation, and wants us to restore brokenness here on earth as He does.
So I ask the question again. Is it worth it?
What do you think?
Who am I? Does this simply refer to what you do, where you go and why you do things? Or does it go deeper than that? Does it ask you about your hopes and dreams, your fears and your dreads, your interests and grievances, your place of resolve and your advisers? Does it ask you about who you really are underneath the facade that everyone sees and experiences.... and that we ourselves come to recognise as "us"?
I know I'm a person that craves love and acceptance, respect and inclusion. I want to be loved, so I love others. I want to be included, so I make an effort to include others. I want to be respected, so I respect others.
I do this with my family, with my friends, with others that I recognise as needing help. But does giving love, respect and so on guarantee that it will be reciprocated?
Since I crave these things as a person, and I can't guarantee that I receive them in return, the question is asked... well is it worth it?
Let's answer that in a moment.
So whose am I?
Well, I know that God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, sent His Eternal Son to earth to live as a man in perfect obedience, die as a man to conquer death, and have victory over sin so that I might be reconciled with God. So what? Why would God do that?
The answer is simple.
God the Father wanted, before the dawn of time, before the foundations of the world, before all of creation, He wanted to adopt me as His son.
Why would He want to do that??? Because He loves me. He accepts me. He wants to include me in His heavenly bond of love. Jesus, who is by His very nature, God, came to earth as a man so that we could have a relationship with God. He sent the Holy Spirit to dwell within us, so that we could participate in the bond of love between Jesus the Son, God the Father and the Holy Spirit, who are all bound together as one, and yet are three separate.
God loves us, so that we might love. He accepts us so that we might accept others. He includes us so that we might include others. God promises to restore all of creation, and wants us to restore brokenness here on earth as He does.
So I ask the question again. Is it worth it?
What do you think?
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