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He is God...and I'm not

There's a song that's been around for a while, but there's a specific line in that song that really sticks with me:

"Sometimes I gotta stop
remember that You're God
and I am not."
 
It's from "Thy Will" by Hillary Scott, released 9 years ago.
 
I don't know about you, but I have a tendency to want to control everything in my life. I've told my kids many times that our biggest strengths can also be our greatest weaknesses, and this is one of those things for me--my self-reliance. It's a great thing when I need to convince myself to do hard things, but it's not so great when I fall onto my self-reliance as an excuse for not trusting others...and most importantly, not trusting God.
 
You see, it's easy for me to say that I believe the promises of God are true. I know He promises never to leave. I know He promises that His love is unconditional and eternal. I know He promises that He made plans for me long before time began. I know His plans are perfect and His ways are better than mine.
 
Then why in the world do I want to control everything? Why is it so hard for me to believe that God's promises don't just apply to other people? Why is it so hard for me to trust Him, to rely on Him, to believe Him? 

 Why is it that I need so many reminders that He is God--and I'm not?

 For me, I think a big part of it is the chance of being seen as weak or incompetent. Those two descriptors hold so much fear for me; I've spent pretty much my whole life working so that people don't see me as either one. When you mix that with the fear that one day people are going to find out that I'm not nearly as strong or competent and I appear, it makes for quite a lovely mix of insecurities, let me tell you!

The crazy thing is, I know where self-reliance typically gets me when it comes to trusting myself instead of God. I usually end up falling flat on my face. But here's a beautiful reminder: 

"Humility is not a position of weakness. Humility is actually a position of great strength. You see, the safest place for us is on our face before the Lord...and there's two routes to get there: the pathway of humility and the pathway of humiliation. The only difference between the two is one chooses to bow low while the other trips and falls there. But we will both wind up on our face before the Lord." ~Lysa TerKeurst

Now, if only I can start remembering that beforehand so that I get there out of humility...





 

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM

    So good, and exactly what I needed to be reminded of today.

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