10/26/2017
WHO AM I TO YOU? - PART 1
After reading my Bible this evening the Lord spoke to my heart and said, “Write about Me.” I found it odd that He would ask that.
“Write about You?” I asked. “OK, what do You want me to write about You?”
“If you were going to write about Me, what would you write?” He queried.
“About which aspect of You? Your mercy, Your love, Your glory, Your justice, Your holiness, Your righteousness, Your goodness … I could go on and on! I honestly don’t know where I would start, Lord,” I said, feeling a bit overwhelmed. “An entire Bible has been written about You and scripture says not even the half has been written about all Your deeds!”
“I’m not asking you to write about Me, Wendy. I’m asking you to write about Who I am to you.”
“Oh,” I said … which was followed by a very long silence. I had to think about this because, honestly, where do I start?
God comes to me as my provider, my healer, my comforter, my deliverer, and so much more. He came as Jesus, and now dwells with us as the Holy Spirit. But that is getting back to Who He is to the world at large. His question to me was, “Who am I to you?”
Jesus is everything to me. I mean that very literally. He has proven Himself over and over throughout my walk with Him. I have learned that Jesus is whatever I need. God the Father is the Great I AM, and Jesus and the Father are one. God showed me a very long time ago that He is bigger than my finite human mind could ever comprehend. He is triune, yet one - a parable and riddle to which He is the answer.
He is wisdom, and He wants me to be wise so I am not deceived by the wiles of the enemy or those who have deception in their hearts. He is love, and desires that I learn to love like Him so others can know His love and be adopted into His family, just like I was. He is my sounding board, the One I go to when I need to talk things out and ask my oh-so-many questions. He is mercy and extends it to me when I deserve His wrath. He is GRACIOUS. When I make wrong decisions and take the wrong path, He graciously allows me to do that so I can see how things turn out without Him in the decision-making process. He never derides me for making mistakes, but He certainly expects me to learn from them so I don’t KEEP making mistakes.
PART 2 below