About power to be only who God made you to be…
Psalm 69:30 I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with
thanksgiving. 31 This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull
with its horns and hoofs. (NIV)
It is not a message any of us want to hear, but we are all sinners. We are
all fallen creatures bent upon a path of destruction called death. Some of us
are even on a path of self-destruction caused by letting our sin overtake our
hearts, minds, and souls. However, you have many choices and decisions you can
make every minute. You can choose to be a person who glorifies God or a person
who glorifies evil. When you choose to selfishly sit in your dark thoughts, God
is not glorified. When you choose not to do anything godly, God is not
glorified. For the truth is this…God made you a person who is to glorify Him
in all you say, all you think, and all you do. Your sinful nature wants just the
opposite. Your sinful nature wants no glorification of God. We can often try and
be someone we are not. We can easily let ourselves be a person God did NOT make
us to be. However, we find the power to be only who God made us to be when get
tough with ourselves and reject our sin. We find the power to be godly, devout,
and righteous by making a supreme effort and making a supreme sacrifice to
control ourselves within our heart, mind, and soul. You can try to be someone
you are not by trying to use gifts God DID NOT give you and by rejecting the
gifts God DID give you. However, God made you to be a person who expresses His
love using the gifts He gave you. God made you to be a person who is humble
rather than be a person who is proud and egotistical. God made you to be a
person who can make a supreme sacrifice for Him because He lives within your
heart.
