God Doesn't Play Favorites

So I heard this song on the radio this morning (Jason Gray- I Am New)

Now I won't deny

The worst you could say about me

But I'm not defined

By mistakes that I've made

Because God says of me

I am not who I was

I am being remade

I am new

I am chosen and holy

And I'm dearly loved

I am new

Who I thought I was

And who I thought I had to be

I had to give them both up

Cause neither were willing

To ever believe

I am not who I was

I am being remade

I am new

I am chosen and holy

And I'm dearly loved

I am new

Too long I have lived

In the shadows of shame

Believing that there

Was no way I could change

But the one who is making everything new

Doesn't see me the way that I do

He doesn't see me the way that I do

I am not who I was

I am being remade

I am new

I am chosen and holy

And I'm dearly loved

I am new

I am not who I was

I am being remade I am new

Dead to the old man I'm coming alive

I am new

Forgiven beloved

Hidden in Christ

Made in the image of the Giver of Life

Righteous and holy

Reborn and remade

Accepted and worthy this is our new name

This is who we are now...

Now I won't deny

The worst you could say about me

But I'm not defined



and it got me thinking about all the things I have done in my past that made life on earth the exact opposite of what God intended it to be. I could make a list of all things that I have done in my past but that wouldn't really make any difference in the world. God doesn't want us to attack ourselves for who we once where. He wants us to love the person we are right now in this very moment.

"I am chosen and holy" in the book of Colossians (3:12) "Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience." In my past I did not clothe myself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness,and I was not at all patient. But God is molding me to be the best I can be.

"Made in the image of the Giver of Life" we are all made in the image of God regardless of what we believe. Because we are all created in the image of God we need to respect one another and the best way to do that is to "clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience" and "Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children  and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us.... (Ephesians 5:1-2).

To God it doesn't matter what we have done in our past, He loves each and everyone of us the same way. God doesn't have favorites regardless of what some people may like to think. When God looks at us He doesn't see all the evil that we have done, He looks at us and sees His child that He loves more than we will ever know.