Perhaps I should have said… how much of you do you know? I would contend that many times we surprise ourselves – both good and not so good. In some matters, those around us probably know (differently) about us than we might think. Another way of saying this is – is the You you present the You that’s You? Is this important?!!! Absolutely. because we all are carriers of messages and it’s important that we present the message intended and not how we interpret that message (this is another step). Obviously there are certain (subconscious… unconscious?) editing we do without realizing. So… let me present some introductory questions:
- What do you think you know about you?
- Do you like you?
(Granted you aren’t perfect but do you like who you are becoming?) - Would you change your path … or … do you think that where you are is the
best way to get to the next step in your journey? - Do you have any conception of what your next step might be?
- Do you have a glimmer of understanding about what the Father’s plans for you are?
These are not rhetorical questions but ones that go to the very defining of who you are and how you go about being you (which is true for us all). And these are only the beginning of questions but necessary. If we don’t, occasionally look at where we are, how will we know what we need to do? Will we be able to say, as Paul did:
“I have fought the good and worthy and noble fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith [firmly guarding the gospel against error]” [2 Timothy 4:7]
This is not a fight reserved only for Paul – we all have this battle to face, though it may come in different guises.
One of the first areas you have to understand is that I’m not talking about pride. And yes, pride does come before a fall but the motivation for considering these questions is knowledge and understanding and ways to correct incorrect understandings. And in our correcting we discover what it is that we DO know that is ‘correct’. Bottom line in my thinking is that we aren’t as good as we hope we could be… but neither are we as bad as we might fear. It begins in OUR motivation. And in discovering our motivation we discover our why’s.
Another consideration is the understanding that we grow also in appreciation. You can’t appreciate something you don’t understand. And this will lead to a better application. NO spiritual matter is ever one and done. Do you begin to see how all this blends together and how you understand determines how you do you?
So back to the first question… What do you think and know about you? And if your first thoughts aren’t: I know I am loved. I know I am blessed. I know I know I have become part of the Father’s family with rights and responsibilities. And these begin your ‘I know…’. But they also help all of us become what is spoken in Ephesians 2 – a workman walking in those works the father has prepared for me.
