One True God

One of my earliest "school" memories was sitting on the golden carpet listing to the song, "The most important person in the whole wide world is you..." And I believed it.

I believed that the world and all of it's beauty was created for me, and I believed that Jesus went to the cross with nothing but me on His mind, as the song says, "He took the fall and thought of me above all..."

But, when I began to understand the life and death of Jesus, I began to understand the love that He had for His Father. After all, both His life and death were a gift of love. A love that brought Him to the cross so that His Father's will would be complete. A love that even though He was God, was willing to lower himself to the form of a man. A love that powers this "man" to live a life without sin so that He would be the spotless sacrifice for the One True God. A love that although He prayed asking that the cup of suffering be taken from Him, went to His death despite His fear.

Beth Moore quoted Neil Anderson, saying, "Satan's ultimate lie is that you are capable of being the god of your own life, and his ultimate bondage is getting you to live as though his lie is truth."

I'd never really seen it as being "god of my life," until I realized that the world, created for God's pleasure, and the Son, who died that God's will would be done, were things that I was taking credit for. And that's only the start. My life is filled with daily crosses that I choose to ignore, instead of obediently humbling myself to the will of the Father.

I know that God loves me and that He cares for me enough to sacrifice His son for my life. And I know that it gives God pleasure when I enjoy the creation around me, but it gives me pleasure when I finally understand my place in this life. His servant. Ugh, if only I'd adhere to that every waking moment of my day!

If we're living the lie that we're the most important person in this whole wide world, we're missing out on love and relationship with the One True God--Our Father.

"(Jesus)Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." ~ Philippians 2:6-8

Father I ask that you will continually remind me to live my life in submission to you. Teach me by your Word to be more like Jesus, who took the fall, and thought of you above all...

Visit Christine at Fruit in Season this week to get her take on Neil Anderson's quote, and to visit the other participants.