Today is the nation’s birthday. It is also mine. I know four other people that have birthdays today as well. Two of them are father and son. A few other folks share it with us. For the longest time – well until I was about six, I thought this thing we do today was all about me. I know better now. At least about this birthday thing.
Not so much about the Christian life. I am still learning that this is His story not mine. Salvation was for his glory. What He does is a reflection of his majesty. I forget that. I want, demand, Him to give me presents (read answered prayer). If you have read the Harry Potter books, sometimes I act like Dudley Dursley, counting my presents and making sure that I got more than the year before. Otherwise like Dudley I am prone to pout and throw a fit. I need constant reminders…
This is not about me.
This is not about me.
Every once in a while I am reminded of this rather forcefully (and frightfully apart from exceeding Grace) that "I am the Yahweh, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another...." (Isaiah 42:8) I believe I heard "will not!"
ReplyDeleteBut then there is also Isaiah 49:3, "He said to Me, 'You are My Servant, Israel, In Whom I will show My glory.'" In light of N.T. revelation that's us who follow Him. This may be even more amazing.