Why would anyone say something like ~ I Am Nothing? Because my guess is most people who say that are just chiming in with a little false humility.
Have you ever asked yourself any, or all, these three questions:
- Am I not important?
- Does my life mean nothing?
- Do I serve no useful purpose in this world?
The answer to all three of those questions is “no,” by the way.
King David, maybe you’ve heard of him, knew the difference between false humility and humbling himself before God. And he had to learn some hard lessons to get there.
But King David, in Psalm 16, wrote: ~ O my soul, you have said to the Lord, “You are my Lord, My goodness is nothing apart from You.” Yeah, apart from God, even a king ain’t all that much.
I freely acknowledge that I am nothing without God.
And God still says that I’m important enough to Him that He knows the number of hairs on my head. They’re Much easier to count these days because there’s a lot less of them.
My guesstimation, since you’re reading this or listening to it on The Power of God’s Love podcast , that you’re a human being. And that means you’re made in the image and likeness of God. No other creature on the planet can make that claim. Just us humans. God clearly says that in the Bible.
And He clearly demonstrates how important this distinction is. Over and over. You ARE important to God. You were created with eternity written on your heart. There IS at least a part of you that will last forever. And if you choose to believe and trust in Jesus as your eternal source of life, that forever will be with Him in paradise.
But…
…if you choose to serve yourself, and I know you’re not gonna do that, you’ll experience an eternity of knowing just how much of a nothing burger you are without God.
Back in 2001 I wrote a song about a guy I know personally. And I called that guy stupid and blind. When my mom heard this song, She defended that guy. And she told me I shouldn’t have called him that. But there’s an old saying that you “call a spade a spade.“ Right? Since I knew the truth about that guy, I wrote it into the song. I’ll share the lyrics below. And I’ll share the song on The Power of God’s Love podcast.
Consequential Servitude
God looked down on me…He knew I was wrong…
Usurped my position I held for so long
Yeah, He just took over…where my brain left off
He knew it was risky…He knew they’d all scoff
Sometimes I’m so stupid, and so often blind…
Trade reason for feelings; mistakes underlined
And so again; I behold the outer man
Through God’s condescending attitude,
And I defer to the perfect Architect
And this consequential servitude
He spirals His thoughts…through my barricade
He knows I am feeble…yet hands me His blade
And He tells me to rise up…from my Phoenix blight
He builds me a fortress of conquering Light
When my clay is brittle…and crumbles to sand
I long to be putty…in my Master’s hand…
And then I can behold the inner man
Through God’s condescending attitude
Because He chose me as His dwelling place
I choose this consequential servitude
There were no incantations, no hallelujah chorus
He succumbed to His detractors; withstood an inquisition…
And then commended His spirit, relinquished His position,
And then He died a death that was for us! © 2001 & 2008-09
Here’s what I tell people, who’re willing to listen, when I see that it looks like they are walking, or running, or zooming toward eternal bleakness.
One easy choice can change your direction. And you won’t regret your decision one day for the next multillion years. Trust your Creator. Because He took your punishment and gave you the keys to eternal life in paradise, when you do.
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