Life’s Lemons: Learning who both Jesus and you are takes time

Kaylene Vieselmeyer
Columnist
Mar. 4, 2004, Page 6

“Not because of who I am
But because of what You’ve done
Not because of what I’ve done
But because of who You are.”
These words are from the chorus of “Who Am I,” by Casting Crowns.
This song is describing Jesus and who he is and what he does for us.
The amazing thing about this song is it reminds us of how we so often try it alone.
We feel that we have to do everything by ourselves. Sometimes this works, but other times we are more successful when we reason a problem out together.
Just think about all the things that we relay on each other for our every day needs.
Everything we own was probably created or grown by someone else.
The list is almost endless of all the things that we have and all the people that help us through this world.
The song above actually raises a question, “Who Am I?”
For many of us that is a tough one, but it is something that we can answer over time and with the help of others and especially when we listen to Jesus.
“…I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I’m calling
Lord, You catch me when I’m falling
And You’ve told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours...”
The answer is simple. Once you accept it won’t be an easy road.
It will be a road that was never intended to be easy, but one that He will always promise to be near.
Jesus said in John 15:5, “I am the vine; you are the branches.
If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
It is because of who He is, not because of who we are.