This Tuesday, I had the great privilege of talking with the youth group at Salem First about what God has been showing in my life. It was a personal testimony slash lesson learning talk. I shared the passage in John 1:19-28. I wont post the passage but I highly encourage you to read and chew on it, because the rest of this post will be referring back to it.
The emphasis of what I shared was on the question the pharisees asked John the Baptist. "What do you say about yourself?"(v22). John the Baptist (JTB) replies with truth; he quotes scripture "I am the voice of one calling in the desert. Make straight the way for the Lord"(23). Admiration runs over me with the way JTB responds, "he did not fail to confess but confessed freely" (v20). After meditating on this passage I began to ask myself this same question. It was then I realized how far away I am from coming to answer in comparison to JTB. The word admiration was not the right word, more jealous or envy, but not in a malicious sense.
I challenged the youth to ask themselves this question as well and see if they could answer in a way like JTB, with Truth and with out hesitation. In my life I have lost things I defined myself as: soccer player (finished with college soccer), student (I am not going to school). What left do I have to define myself as. And so I turn to God and ask: What do you see me as? What can I say about myself? I am on the road of discovering this question and look forward to the mighty truths God has for me along the way. I know I am a child of God, a truth I have yet to discover the full meaning of but am open and daring enough to venture into the inner chamber with Christ to find out.
Good luck with your Peace
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