“For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust”. It means that God knows everything about us, including our weaknesses and mortality, and that he shows compassion to his people.(Psalm 103:140)
It is significant that our first astronauts, while being trained for their moon flights, were required to give twenty answers to the query, “Who are you?” Take the same test yourself. When you have made your list and run out of things to add, ask yourself if you have truly answered. Do you really know who you are? Scientists agree that our desperate search leads all humans to seek heroes and to imitate others, to “paste bits and pieces of other people on ourselves.” We make love as some actor would. We play golf in the style of Jack Nicklaus. Part of this process is natural, for we learn by imitating others. The tragedy is that the person we assemble is not genuine. “Who am I?” you cry as you roam the world looking for yourself. Consider this: there are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.
Reflect, today, on how you live your life, especially through others. You live with others but they are not the ones who decide on who you are. Take time to sit down and ask yourself, “Who am I?” Take it as self introspection which is very valuable to everyone. Also take time to read the Bible and see who God wants you to be, then start living in God’s truth instead of a fictional life.
Prayer for the day
Lord, help me to break through the façade and know myself as You do.
-Billy Grayham
