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Do me a favor, before you read this, read Isaiah 58.
It's a short 14 verses but it'll be a good precursor to this. Once you're done reading this, read Isaiah 58 again....and reflect.

Okay, so I got some good news and some bad news,
And actually, they’re both the same.
The good news is you get to walk around
Wearing someone else’s name.

You get to distance yourself from your own worst enemy,
The you that you used to be.
The bad news is you have to tell the ‘old you’
Old you, you’re dead to me.

The good and bad news, let me sum it up like this,
You’ll see what I say is true.
The good and bad thing about being in Christ,
Is that “It’s not about you.”

The old doesn’t die easy, it jumps at the chance
To continue to pridefully flaunt.
It twists even things we see in God’s Word,
Like He’s my Shepherd and I shall not want.

When its about us, we interpret it wrongly,
Focusing mainly on the concept of needs.
But the 23rd Psalm is about the Good Shepherd.
Will you follow wherever He leads?

The good news is that its God Who’s at work.
Perfecting and finishing your faith.
Not because of any thing you’ve done or deserved.
It’s all simply due to His grace.

If it was all about you, you’d still be a mess.
The old you would still have you dead.
But it’s Christ Who has risen,
We’re risen with Him, He’s given us life instead.

Making much of yourself being more than a conqueror,
It’s not about you, don’t pretend.
It’s all about Christ and His strong hold on us,
That even in dying, we win!

Not about you flaunting in the enemies’ face,
When their plans were to make you fall.
Everything about vengeance belongs to The Lord,
We’re to love and pray for them all.

Some do it out of pride and arrogance,
and others out of fear.
Either way, when you make it all about you
How can you possibly draw others near.

Our lives are made much when we make much of Him.
So no need to start feeling some way,
A heart properly aligned is where Christ will abide
Your righteousness will then break forth as the day!

Concern yourself with being a witness.
Humble yourself in His hands.
Concern yourself with promoting a life reflecting Christ.
Pray that having done all, in Him stand.

So think again, over your favorite Scriptures.
Think again about what you were taught.
Was it something that promoted special feelings about you,
Or is the Glory of Christ being sought.

The good and bad news, is really all good,
But you have to look to see that its true,
So many of us want to shine, center stage
But it’s good that it’s not about you.

Here’s The Word:

Isaiah 58:8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy reward.

You see that Isaiah 58 is about the House of Jacob, the Israelites, who knew God and about His righteousness but somehow allowed themselves; their priorities and desires to block their vision of the Truth of God. He reminded them and told them how to restore the right channels of communication, communion and the resulting righteousness that would come from it. Not self-righteousness, but true righteousness. He's telling us in the same way He had to make them realize. It's not about us.


In Him,
Cros