There was something significant in my devotions this morning that shouldn’t be a new revelation to me, but it did hit me as though it were new for the first time.  It started with the awareness that my significance to God isn’t through anything I do, but entirely on His work:  His creation of me (us), His sending His Son Jesus to pay the price for our (my) sin, and His Gift of The Holy Spirit given to each of us as we (I) accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior.  So what is new about this?  Well, what hit me this morning is the reality that everything I do for Christ is done through the Holy Spirit’s guidance in my life and the manner for which I do it should be done as Christ modeled for us in how He lived His life.

As I have stated many times, I thought I needed to find importance in my life.  Dad would say things like, “I need to kill that spirit of yours,” and “Good night, you act like you’ve never seen a tool like that before.”  I just wasn’t good at the things dad was and he let me know it.  Somehow I needed to remedy this problem by being overly good at other things.  In so doing, I got it in my head (probably through Satan’s deception) that I needed to do whatever I did well, and hopefully man would see that I am worthwhile.  Yet, all this time, God was wanting me to know that He only wanted me to do anything I did just for Him.  He already loved me.  Nothing I did was going to earn His favor, I already had it.  These aren’t new truths, but for some reason, this morning, the lights clicked on with the reality of their truths. An example of this is that I don’t write this daily blog so someone will notice me or read the book I wrote.  I do this blog so anything I write will lead one to the Christ I serve.

Now the last reality that hit me is the simple fact that when Christ came, His only purpose was to lead us (you and me) to God the Father.  All He did He did out of obedience to God’s leadership in His life.  He knew it wasn’t what He did that made Him loved by God, He already knew God’s love for Him.  God, this morning, emphasized this for me.  He already loves me.  I tear up just typing this.  This same truth is not new, and it’s not new for you.  He already loves you.  May all you and I do today be to the honor of this glorious God we serve.