We the Redeemed

We the redeemed, 

Hear us singing

You are Holy

You are Holy

So I just had a really amazing time with God. I was playing this song in the background and I realised I really like it maybe because it's proclaiming that we are the redeemed. Proclaiming that we were lost and needed a Redeemer, sent by God.

I've been reading Isaiah recently and the Spirit has really been rebuking my pride. Isaiah talks about Moab who (I think) represents the sin of pride and I realise that my pride has been growing and growing. I think so highly of myself but forget about how big God is and how everything I have everything I'm proud of only comes from Him. My self esteem is crushed easier because my pride is so easily bruised because it's so big. I realised that a while ago I stopped praying for humility and this is when it all really started. It was a strong rebuke and reminder that I can't deal with pride on my own. I need Him and without Him I'm a huge mess that constantly falls apart. If I try to deal with my pride alone I just end up in a heap of tears because I just can't deal with the bruising. I need Him. 

I also realised that I spend so much of my time trying to impress people and sometimes even God. I study hard and get these good marks and I show them to my parents, my friends, my teachers and sometimes even give it to God and to myself and sort of open the platter and ask: Am I good enough yet? Are you proud of me? If any of them answer no, I'll work harder. But I know that even if I am good enough for others, it won't be enough for me. Only He can satisfy me. I always forget that God saves me not because of what I do and what I can accomplish but because of what Jesus accomplished on the cross for me. No matter how many good marks I get or how many hours a week I serve, I will never good enough on my own. I'm not sure I can say that God is always proud of me, but I can say that I am never good enough for Him, but because of Jesus, I can stand in before the throne and He will say: "You know what? You're not good enough, but I love you and I saved you anyway." 

That is what strikes me about the song: it's proclaiming humbly that we need Him that we need salvation, we can never get to God ourselves and only through His grace can we see God. This verse struck me as pretty amazing. We trusted, He saved. We trusted so let us REJOICE and be glad. 

"Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation" - Isaiah 25:9