Tuesday Night Thoughts. . .

Psalm 8:4-5:

What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? For you have made him a little lower than that angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor.

You know, it's pretty easy to get down on ourselves and think we have so much going against us. We don't look good enough. We don't have enough money. We don't have the job we want. We're single. Our apartment is too small. Our debt is too large. And we get in a funk where we begin to think that life is just not as good as it could be, that we are surrounded by problems on every side and somehow God is simply loading problems on us.

We have some nerve, don't we?

After all, what are we? We like to think we're main players in the story of our lives. But what are our lives? We're here for, what, 70 years? Think about history. For thousands of years, billions have lived and died. Some are remembered as great people. Others have been forgotten. And it's easy to look at that and think we're just one more person lost in a sea of billions. And to ordinary people, we may be. And for some reason, we've believed the lie that it's those people whose opinion of us counts. Even when we're out of high school, we still live with this sheep mentality that the crowd is always right and we live to impress others when, in reality, we will be forgotten by most people.

And yet we rarely stop and consider the fact that we are looked down upon and cared for personally by the One who does matter. The one who crafted the earth and keeps everything in motion. He looks not just through the sea of billions of people who live today, but through the billions who have ever lived and will ever live. He searches through creation, through every organism, microorganism, galaxy, and cosmo and still intervenes in our puny little lives.

God doesn't just make sure we keep breathing. He directs our paths each day. He leads us closer to Him. The Bible says He dances over His children! He rejoices in doing good for those who love Him! He hears every prayer we whisper, whether it's for the cancer invading our lives or for our need for a few extra bucks or a date on Friday night. When I stop and consider so much in the universe and every person who has ever lived, I'm speechless at the thought that God still lovingly and joyfully guides me every day.

This song talks about that:

Who Am I
by Casting Crowns

Who am I?
That the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt

Who am I?
That the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart

Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am.. I am Yours.

Who am I?
That the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
and watch me rise again

Who am I?
That the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me

Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am... I am Yours

I am Yours.I am Yours
Whom shall I fear?Whom shall I fear?
'Cause I am Yours,I am Yours.


C-Dubbs, Out!