Who Am I

Psalm 8:3-4

3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

So many songs have been written about who we are in Christ. Common themes such as our being conquerors, over-comers, and warriors echo throughout many of the great songs that I and so many others hold dear. But that is not the theme of this song. 

In an interview, the writer of this song, Mark Hall commented, "Me being a conqueror is true, but at the same time I need to understand that my life is a vapor, and me being able to even pray to [God] is because of what he's done for me."

I believe that before we can truly see all of who God is, we need to see all that we cannot be. The chorus of this song describes so much of who we as mere men are: "a flower quickly fading, here today and gone tomorrow; a vapor in the wind." These excerpts that I have chosen are scriptural and recognize our own mortality. Isaiah 40:8 says, "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth:" James 4:14 says, "Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." We have no control over our life. Compared to God, we are little specks with no eternal value on our own.

But that is where we see God come into the picture. It's not because of who we are (sinful, fallen men) but because of what He has done (die on the cross for our sins and rise again from the dead). It's not because of anything that we have done (not of works, lest any man should boast- Ephesians 2:9), but because of who He his- our holy, sinless, perfect God!

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