WHO AM I?
In part 1, we looked at this question and why we ask it. We looked at some of the answers found in God’s word that point us to the answer. As we continue to look at this question, may we pray together for God to open our spiritual eyes, so that we may see ourselves through the eye’s of God and catch a glimpse of who we are to Him.
II Kings ch. 6: 8-17; Here is an example of being spiritually blind to the presence of God around you.
8. When the king of Aram was at war with Israel, he would confer with his officers and say, “We will mobilize our forces at such and such a place.”
9. But immediately Elisha, the man of God, would warn the king of Israel, “Do not go near that place, for the Arameans are planning to mobilize their troops there.” 10. So the king of Israel would send word to the place indicated by the man of God. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he would be on the alert there.
11. The king of Aram became very upset over this. He called his officers together and demanded, “Which of you is the traitor? Who has been informing the king of Israel of my plans?”
12. “It’s not us, my lord the king,” one of the officers replied. “Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel even the words you speak in the privacy of your bedroom!”
13. “Go and find out where he is,” the king commanded, “so I can send troops to seize him.”
And the report came back: “Elisha is at Dothan.” 14. So one night the king of Aram sent a great army with many chariots and horses to surround the city.
15. When the servant of the man of God got up early the next morning and went outside, there were troops, horses, and chariots everywhere. “Oh, sir, what will we do now?” the young man cried to Elisha.
16. “Don’t be afraid!” Elisha told him. “For there are more on our side than on theirs!” 17. Then Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes and let him see!” The Lord opened the young man’s eyes, and when he looked up, he saw that the hillside around Elisha was filled with horses and chariots of fire.
So I have prayed, and I encourage you to pray with me…Lord open my eye’s that I may see who I am in you!
We live in a world of flesh and blood, of touch and sight, action and reaction,logic and reason, where reality is what you see and feel. But that is just a portion of the truth of life.
As adopted sons of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ, The redeemed who have been purchased with his own blood, There is so much more, here, now, as we walk in this flesh with all of its imperfections, desires and limitations, there is more for us to see if we would just open our eye’s.
It is important for us to see our worth and value from God’s perspective because how we perceive ourselves to a great extent dictates how we live in this life.
I remember a movie from years ago. They made several sequels to it. Tom Barrenger played an ex special forces soldier, who took a substitute teaching position in a high school, for I think his sister. You can begin to see the plot, even if you have not seen the movie right? Well the Principal of the High School was dealing drugs and Barrengers character eventually takes him down …..you know. But one of the lines that the principal spoke has stuck with me all these years, he said… “Power perceived is power achieved”.
There is a lot of truth in that little phrase. One of those truths, an antithesis to the phrase, You will not achieve powerful things until you perceive yourself as powerful. Not in your flesh or your own strength, but as you, in humility embrace and even boast as Paul did, in your weakness, that God’s power may manifest itself there.
I believe it is Chris Tomlin who has a new song out..”WHOM SHALL I FEAR” some of the lyrics say…I know who goes before me, I know who stands behind, the God of angel armies, is always by my side. The one who reigns forever, He is a friend of mine, The God of angel armies is always by my side…..Whom shall I fear?
Untill we get who we are we will always settle for less than what God has for us!
Think about it, what challenge would be too great for us? What calling of God on our lives impossible, what vision for our mission in life too daunting…..if we could just see who we are, if we would only open our eyes and see those chariots of fire, out numbering and way more powerful than that which stands against us. If we just had a perception of our enormous power, wrapped in humility, as we walk with our friend and the lover of our souls. If we only fully understood Who We Are in Christ.
How would that perception effect how we meet life. How we manage our time and lead our families. How we serve God and others. How would it effect our choices and determination. What could possibly limit us or hold us back. How could we perceive ourselves as less than who we are in Christ.
This changes everything from how we father our son’s to how we fight against those principalities and powers, those rulers of darkness in this world that come against us in our spiritual warfare.
Who I Am is tied to Whom Shall I Fear.
God help us to open our eyes to Who we truly are in you, and to fear nothing…..
Men Like David 