DNA part 5
Who am I? It's one of the most important questions we can ask (along with, "Where am I?" and "Why am I here?" which is why I wrote the Answer Trilogy). Because if we don't know who we are, we're always going to try to act like somebody else. There's a line in a song that says, "You've got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything." That's what happens when we let exterior forces--including the Law of Moses--define us. We try to fit into a box that we were never meant to fit into. I guess I'm trying to say, "Why do we try so hard to fit in, when we were created to stand out?" Why do we try so hard to be someone we're not, when we were fearfully and wonderfully made? It's this idea--I'm not good enough, but if I try hard enough maybe someday I will become good enough--that makes life such a struggle. And here's what I always wonder: If I'm not good enough to start with, how can I--in my own strength and power--become better? I know you can exercise and get bigger muscles, but according to 1 Timothy 4:8, "For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." And listen, I'm not saying we shouldn't take care of our bodies. Of course we should. What I'm saying is there are no Spiritual calisthenics that can make us "better Christians." What I'm saying is, no matter how hard you try you cannot DO in order to BE. Because what you do flows from who you be. So instead of trying to earn something that can't be earned, we need to BE still and know that HE is God. We need to understand the finished work and see ourselves in it. We need to understand that the New Creature... is us! We need to understand that we are complete in Him. Not because of anything WE did, but because of everything HE did. Because He not only gave His life FOR us, but He gave His life TO us. And now we are equipped and empowered to partake of the divine nature. Because His blood runs through our veins. Our new (true) DNA is the Divine Nature of the Almighty. When Jesus remade the world in His image that included us. He circumcised our hearts, cut away the flesh of human effort, and revealed HIS heart beating with love in our chests! That's why (and how) His blood runs through our veins! And the life is in the blood. Jesus said if we don't eat His flesh and drink His blood we have no part in Him. Because the Word was made flesh. THAT'S how we partake of Him. By hearing, and knowing, and believing, the Word. The same Word that made us clean. The Word of LOVE. Love is our new (original) nature. Love is not just what we do, it's who we are. Because it's who our Daddy is. God is love. We were created in His image. He gave us His Spirit. His heart beats in our chests. His blood runs through our veins. He filled us to overflowing with His love, and that's how (and why) we can love Him by loving each other! That's our Father's business, and that's our DNA. That's who we are. We are His beloved Son in whom He is well pleased!