A Faith That Rests

 It's not about me.

 "I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service,   ¹³even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;   ¹⁴and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus.    ¹⁵It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all.    ¹⁶Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life."    1 Timothy 1:12-16

I was driving in my car one day when I pulled up behind somebody at a stop and I couldn't help but notice their bumper sticker.  It said "It's all about me!"  That sure seems to be the attitude in this world we live in today. 

Let me say this and make this perfectly clear; "It's not about me."  Oh sure, sometimes I forget that but it still doesn't change the fact.  It has never been nor will it ever be about anything that I have done.  I like to think of myself as a good person but I know that because of the precious blood of Christ I'm saved.  He came into this world to die for our sins.  So actually, it's all about Him.

C. H. Spurgeon said, "My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what He has done, and in what He is now doing for me."

I love that word "rests."  That is a place of peace; free from all worries or cares.  He extended His grace to me and I received it.  He reached down to me in mercy and I have been set free.  No matter how hard I might have tried there is never anything I could have done to earn it.  It's God's gift.

Surely, it is my faith (and He gave me that too by the way) but it's value is found in Whom it is resting.  The answer is Jesus Christ.