Worthy

who is worthy? none beside Thee.
God Almighty, the great I AM.

This song challenged me tonight. I often think I am worthy, worthy of making my own decisions and doing whatever I want, whenever I want. That's proven time and time again to provide a pretty terrible outcome. And yet, it doesn't keep me from trying to take control. This time it'll be different. This time I'll get it right. I never do. And each time I attempt to do it on my own, I crash and burn. And each time, I am saying that God is not worthy of my trust and surrender. That He does not want better for me, that He does not have better intentions for me than I have for myself.

And yet,

the mountains shake before Him, the demons run in fear,
at the mention of the name King of Majesty.
there is no power in hell, or any who can stand,
before the power and the presence of the great I AM.

Who is worthy? Not I. Certainly not I. Though He need not prove himself to me, He continues to reveal full life in the simplest of ways. For this, I am grateful.

I want to see dry bones living again, singing as one,

Hallelujah, holy, holy
God Almighty, the great I AM.
who is worthy, none beside Thee,
God Almighty, the great I AM.