Who Am I?

June 6, 2014

Who Am I?

“I lift my eyes to you,

O God, enthroned in heaven.”

Psalm 123:1

As I turned the corner someone was quickly approaching me. They were actively chatting on their cell phone while carrying a Starbucks cup, without a lid, in their other hand. We almost collided as he swerved to miss a bad spot in the sidewalk, and predictably his coffee spilled onto him, me and the sidewalk. Why did he spill the coffee? Because coffee was in the cup!

The same principle applies to our inner lives. When we are interrupted, when we are confronted with startling news, when we feel we have been slighted, not noticed or appreciated, whenever our lives swerve, we are prone to spill whatever is in our inner cup. Our unresolved anger or our unresolved damaged emotions are bound to spill as soon as we experience life interrupted.

Just as the cure for our sin and our susceptibility toward spiritual laziness and moral laxity is God’s grace, so also the resolution for our anger and the healing for our damaged emotions is God’s grace. Answer this simple question: “Who am I?” God’s transforming grace is leading us to the sacred place where we can respond from the very depths of our being, “I am the beloved child of God.” When we know that, not just think it, or hope it is true, but when we know from the very core of our being that we belong to God, our lives are transformed. When we believe we are loved, esteemed, and adored by our Heavenly Father, our lives will overflow with God’s goodness. This is why the psalmist could write, “My cup overflows with blessings” (Psalm 23:5c). What do you suppose spilled from his cup when he swerved in life?

How do we get from here to there? The Apostle Paul tells us, “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think” (Romans 12:2). We move from our old life to our new life, which is hidden with Christ in God, by following the counsel of the psalmist: “I lift my eyes to you, O God, enthroned in heaven.” Spend time, every day, with God and allow him to affirm the truth that you are His beloved child, His heir, a joint heir with Jesus. Give God the time He needs to resolve your anger, heal your emotions and fill your cup with His blessings.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.