Be My Everything

Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.

Ezekiel 36:26-27

...."I will put MY Spirit within you...." Like many great moments God and I have together, this one began in a song. A truth that I really needed to hear and was having trouble really grasping lit up. Listen to this song....

    Christ in me! All the time I pray, "Christ may you be seen in me today above all else. May others see you before they see me." However, truly grasping that concept of Christ being seen in every move I make and radiating through me was hard for me to picture. Until I heard this prayer....

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,

Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,

Christ on my right, Christ on my left,

Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ when I arise,

Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,

Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,

Christ in every eye that sees me,

Christ in every ear that hears me.

(St. Patrick)

    How vivid of a picture is that? God has put His Spirit inside of me, who causes me to walk in His ways (Christ in my walking, lying down, rising up, etc.), which then causes me to listen and be submissive to all He commands me to do. As a result of that, Christ is seen in me, heard in me, and shone through me. 

   How often I try to do it on my own! I become so consumed in myself and try to make myself look good and put together on the outside. This is where I fall short so desperately. If Christ was truly my EVERYTHING: my greatest desire, number one thought, God in my living, walking, waking, sleeping, resting, working, thinking, speaking, hoping, dreaming, watching, waiting, laughing, weeping, hurting, healing, MY LIFE... then how different would my life look? Every aspect would reflect Christ, and no one would be able to say my name without associating Christ along with it. And that is exactly the way it should be. Such truth in such a simple song and such a powerful piece of scripture. The prayer above should be my prayer daily. God is so good, and I love it when He speaks to me! 

     I pray Christ has given you that new heart and that He is your everything.