Revival, Part 3

This is part of a Sunday School series we are doing.

If our wills are to be broken, we must see that there is a greater benefit in breaking them than exerting them.

For what purpose would break (or rather, allow God to break) our wills?
God's glory and desire. Isaiah 66:2
Manifestation of faith. Hebrews 11:6
(Search this out for yourself, there are many more verses.)

To be broken before God we must believe that He is who He claims to be and that we are who He says we are: clay (Rom.9), slaves of righteousness (Rom. 6:18), temple, building or field of God (1 Cor. 3), etc.

Have you ever just sat down to dwell on who God says that He is? "Be still and know that I am God" will take on a whole new meaning. He created everything by speaking it into being. From mountainpeaks to atoms, God spoke it all into existence. He sustains all that is visible and invisible. He tells the water where to break on the sand and knows the number of the grains of sand; He keeps the weather cycles cycling. He sees the sparrow as it falls to the ground, and numbers the hairs on our heads! He is the giver of physical life and spiritual life and He can destroy both body and soul in Hell or keep us from falling. He rules and reigns and everything obeys His command. One day EVERY knee shall bow and every mouth confess Jesus is Lord.

We, on the other hand, are merely His creation, IF we are Christ's then we are His purchase, His servants, His stewards and His children. The picture that these names give us is of people who are required to answer to a higher authority. Any rights or authority that they might have has been given to them by their Master. When we are broken we realize this and embrace the truth of it. We know that we could never "run our days" like God can and so we look to Him for everything.

Isn't this where we ALL need to be? Being aware of who I am and seeking to know who He is. Although I don't believe that we can truly know ourselves like He knows us, I can understand my position in Christ. In Christ I am Christ's, a priest and a servant to the Most High God, an adopted child...that is all. I am not my own master. I am no longer my own for I've been bought with a price, a price so great only God Himself could pay it.

"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God." Ephesians 5:2