Know Who You Are

Its graduation season.  If you have ever sat through one of those seemingly endless ceremonies you may have heard the speakers tell the graduates, "Know who you are."   This appeal to self-esteem is designed to give the hearer confidence as they get ready to go out and face the world.   The problem is that the world is pretty big and it just LOVES to chew people up. 

Far more important than knowing who you are is knowing WHOSE you are.   If you are a Christian, you are a child of God.  A child of the King. 

Bill Gaither summed it up beautifully in the words of the song listed below.

It’s Because of Whose I Am.

I’ll never understand how He saw a piece of clay and said “I want it, I’ll use it”
The greatest mystery is that somehow, in spite of me,
He said “I’m gonna love you”
He took me in His arms said “This child belongs to me”,
He placed me in His kingdom, Now I live like royalty
It’s not because of what I am, not because of what I’ve done,
It’s because of Whose I am

I’ll never understand, while I was yet a slave,
He said He’d buy me. He’d save me.
He clothed himself in flesh, became the final sacrifice
so I could know redemption
He took the stripes upon His back so that I could walk in health,
Then He broke the chains of death now I can live forevermore,
It’s not because of what I am, not because of what I’ve done,
It’s because of Whose I am

My Father is Lord of everything from here beyond forever
He’s given me His name, said if I’d ask anything
He’d gladly give it,
He put a robe upon my back, placed a ring upon my hand,
Said the riches of heaven were all mine
It’s not because of what I am, not because of what I’ve done,
It’s because of Whose I am.

It’s not because of what I am, not because of what I’ve done,
But its because He first loved me. His grace has set me free.
His blood is flowing through my veins. I’m adopted by The King.
It’s because of Whose I am. 

See you soon,

Bill