It's Him

Devki Desai

Computer Science Engineering

SRM University

Recently, I've been thinking a lot about what I've been saying all this time.

"It’s never been about me, it’s always been about Him."

I have been asking God to show me what this really means and God kept taking me back to John the Baptist.

It's not about me. 

For a long time now, I have struggled to remember this truth because honestly, it feels good when it is about me. It feels good when I am with people and they say I am a blessing. It feels good when the people around me respect, support and encourage me. But because it feels so good, I can easily start making this all about ME - wanting everybody to love ME, trying to make ME look good, doing this for ME. This is dangerous, though because when there's a problem, then it's all about me. Then I start feeling sorry for myself, wondering what I am doing wrong, wondering why people are doing this to me.

So I'm really thankful that ultimately, it is not about me. I am no one's savior. My job is simply to be a messenger, a spotlight, focusing everyone's attention on our Savior, Jesus. This isn't about me and it's not about you also. Church isn't about you. It isn't about making you feel good or comfortable or appreciated. It isn't about all the good things you do at your church or whether or not anyone notices what you do. Church isn't about you.

In fact, even our lives aren't about us. We aren't the reason we exist. Our purpose here on Earth is not about us. 

It's all about Jesus. It's about how our God loved us so much that He suffered the punishment for all the times you and I have made it about us. In His great selflessness, He suffered the punishment of our selfishness so that we could live with Him forever in the happiness of heaven.

He is our Savior. He is our God. He is the reason we live and breathe and exist. All of this - our church, our life, our existence - is about thanking Him for what He has done for us.

It's a hard lesson to learn and accept. But when we do learn and accept it, when we keep our focus on our Savior and all he has done for us in his love, then we find true peace. Then we find our true purpose.

This is what it means to me when I say, it's not me, it's Him.

GOD BLESS YOU!!