"The King of the universe gave up all of his power, honor, the glory of heaven to live on earth.
His supernatural splendor was buried deep, so that no one would follow Him because of it.
He wanted nothing to do with looking good or being popular.
He wanted only the appeal of truth - real, heavenly truth-to grab people's interest.
He wanted people to accept Him because they recognized Him from the words of Scripture."
Yesterday, I found myself praying, "Lord, make me content to be a nobody." I want so badly to be noticed, to matter, to be needed, to be somebody.
But when I read this paragraph, a contrasting desire is awakened, a desire to be like Jesus. Jesus didn't strive to be noticed, to prove He mattered, to be somebody. That wasn't His goal. He knew He was His Father's Son and that His Father loved Him, and so being in the center of His Father's will was what mattered. He didn't have to do anything else to prove to anyone else that He was worth noticing. If nobody noticed, but He was still in the center His Father's will, then it was all OK because that's what mattered.
I want to be like that. I want to be able to honestly say that I want nothing to do with looking good or being popular. I want to be able to say I'm my Father's daughter. He loves me and I love Him and so being in the center of His will is all that matters. I don't need to do anything else to prove to anyone else that I'm somebody worth noticing. If I'm in the will of Him who loves me, but nobody else notices, then it's all OK, because that is what matters.
But I find myself trying to be noticed all the time. So I pray...
Lord, make me not only content, but only desiring to be a nobody to everyone except You.
My love is not my own
It all belongs to You
And after all You've done the least that I
Can do
Is live my life
In every part
Only to please my Father's heart
It all belongs to You
And after all You've done the least that I
Can do
Is live my life
In every part
Only to please my Father's heart
--Excerpt from "My Father's Heart" by Rachel Lampa
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ReplyDeleteOh, that bit at the end is part of what is probably my favorite hymn (word-wise anyways): My Song is Love Unkown...I think it's number 188. You know it, right?
ReplyDeleteThanks.
ReplyDeleteThat is beautiful. Lord, this is my prayer, too.
ReplyDeleteAMEN!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAmen. Thank you Wallie. I can totally relate. I want this to be my prayer too.
ReplyDeleteWow, this goes very well with what I'm now praying for.
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