One of the hardest things in the world for some people is facing who they really are. We all have things about us that we hate or that we wish we could change. Maybe you wish you were taller or more athletic or smarter. Maybe you wish you had more friends or could finally find that special someone. Whatever it is, odds are that you have struggled in the past with facing who you really are. Well, the truth is that facing who you really are is an essential part of breaking down the most prominent barrier between God and you…yourself. If you are not willing to admit that you are nothing but an insignificant, puny, weak, and disgraceful creature without God, then you are blindfolding yourself from a glorious reality. Only when we are aware of and readily acknowledge the irrelevant nothing that we are can we really understand the sacrifice that the Creator of the universe has made for us. If you are afraid to face what you are and what you have become, then you can never come to point of realization where everything clicks and you discover that you are so vile and broken and that there is nothing that you can do to save yourself. The longer that we can trick ourselves into believing the illusion that we are good people, the harder it will be for us to truly believe that we need a savior. Look yourself in the mirror and reflect upon who you are and what you have become. You will come to a point where you realize how filthy you are without the cleansing compassion of Jesus’ redeeming death.
