The other night I was laying awake, seriously wondering who I am that I am of any significance to GOD. I was trying to get my head around, not only the fact that God loves me but that He has called me to share His love with others, and I was completely overwhelmed.
Maybe that’s why Casting Crowns’ song, Who am I? has just hit the spot for me. Mark Hall says that when he started writing this song, he was initially thinking he would write about being a conqueror or a new creation, but he says God started whispering that he was a vapor, here today and gone tomorrow, and he realised that before we can understand who we are in Jesus, we need to understand who we’re not. When we start getting a picture of who we’re not, it’s then that God’s love explodes and we get a bigger picture of who He is.
If you would like to listen to this song, see Who am I? If you would like to simply reflect on the words, see below . . . God be with you.
Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart
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
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
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
Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again
Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me
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
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
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
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
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
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 Yours
I am Yours
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
‘Cause I am Yours
I am Yours
