Who Am I?

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. I Corinthians 13:6,7

Yesterday we were reflecting on the condition of our heart.  Today we are looking at it from the point of what pours out of it.  Our character which produces the quality of our life is seated in the beliefs of our heart.  So we must ask ourselves - Who am I?


How many times throughout our life do we pondered both ends of this question, both the shallow and the deepest depth?  Me personally - I can't count the times.  There are many forms it displays itself in:  What should I do?  What will people think? Why would I think that? Why would I do that?  Who am I kidding?  The list could go on endlessly I am sure.

We all have known individuals who we perceive to never question anything about themselves or their situations.  They appear to be unshakable don't they?  So what is the defining differences?  Generally it is confidence - sometimes it is merely a facade'.  Today let's just speak about the confidence side of the puzzle.

The core foundation is assurance that what we believe is solid.  What is our belief grounded in? Is it ego? Or is it something infallible?  This can also get complex because not everyone agrees on what is infallible; to some it is self and to others it is God.  Once again, even the bottom line is a slippery slope because not everyone agrees on self issues or who/what god is. 

This is where we step onto the road named "Deeply".  Who am I? is our journeys start. This may sound really easy to some of you - but if you are not "crystal clear"  why not step onto the highway with us and sojourn for a while.

Let's just relax and open the albums of our yesterdays.  Take a glance back through some photos.  Can you see a few different pictures where you were slowing down in momentum due to doubt.  let's pause at one of them, now flip a few pages back.  Look for the photo where you can still see the total committment to direction; you can tell you knew were you were going.  Now stop for a moment and see if you can remember any of the questions that started weighing you down.   

Generally what happens is due to our confidence and excitement we start talking to others along the way.  They start interjecting feed back that questions our success.  We keep trekking and climbing and pulling ourselves through.  Until there comes a point where the lack of resolve forms a pile of rubbish too large to hurdle.  So we stop.  We just have no more energy, the questions get too large to overcome.

 We all know the proverb "Hope deferred makes the heart sick".  We also know that our heart will not divide - God promises us that it will choose one or the other.  So today, I ask you to ponder what is your hope?  Can you remember?

The apostle Peter tells us to always be prepared to give the reason for our hope:

^{1 Peter 3:14-46 (GWT)} But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threat; do not be frightened.” But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,  keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.

As we look through the pictures of our lives I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength just as Paul requested for us - in the powerful name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.

Kisses,
Candace