Who Am I?

Who Am I?

This is a question I have had to ask myself a lot, especially over the past few weeks. It gets even harder to answer when you ask the question that matters: Who am I in the way God sees me?

Tonight I was at a midweek service put on by the House of Prayer Edmonton (HoPE). The speaker - Randy - really made me think and challenge some of the 'Sunday School theology' that I have possibly mistakenly taken as true.

The thoughts were based around my conversion. I have always been taught that I have been born again, but it has never been made reality, it remains as a theological idea. As Randy has found through his study, our conversion process is 3 staged: spirit, soul, and body. When we are born again we loose our sinful nature and the Holy Spirit resides in our spirit, our soul is slowly melded and reformed to become less sinful through our journey, and finally our body is made new when Christ comes again.

What followed was a statement that I cannot help but agree with and be convicted by:

"Much of what we do in the church these days is a self-improvement project. What we really need desperately is revelation." Along with this was a song, but we will get to that in a bit.

We think that as humans we can fix ourselves. I'm sorry to break it to you, but you can't. Our only ability is to sometimes slow down Gods work in our lives, or to accept what He is doing. And in that same thought is the idea of picking up our cross is something that we most defiantly need revelation in. The idea is not that we get crucified - Christ has already done that in our stead - instead we need revelation for our calling.

So, the song that explains what his main thoughts were was called "Heavenly Places" by Amber Brooks. I have included the lyrics below.

You above, seated in the Heavenlies

Who am I? Who am I to You?

Speak to me, my true identity,

Speak to me, speak to me.

Self-focus is way overrated,

I'm so quick to point out my flaws,

But when you look at me,

Oh, when you look my way

You're not waiting to come down and judge me,

Or tell me of all I've done wrong,

But when I look at you, Oh when you look my way,

I see mercy, I see justice, I see truth in love,

I see passion, I see wonder, I see holiness.

You above, seated in the heavenlies,

Who are you? Who do I say You are?

Reveal to me, even in Your majesty,

Your true thoughts, let me see Your heart.

You're not waiting to come down and judge me,

Or tell me of all I've done wrong,

But when I look at you, Oh when you look my way,

I am seated with You in the Heavenly places,

Heavenly places with you.

I am seated with You in the Heavenly places,

Heavenly places with you.

Self-focus is way overrated,

I'm so quick to point out my flaws,

But when you look at me,

Oh, when you look my way

You call me Worthy, You see Beauty,

You see Purity, You see Purpose,

You see Value, You see who I'll be

I am seated with You in the Heavenly places,

Heavenly places with you.

I am seated with You in the Heavenly places,

Heavenly places with you.

You call me Worthy, You see Beauty,

You see Purity, You see Purpose,

You see Value, You see who I'll be