I Am Not Worthy

-March 21, 2025-

Good morning beloved, happy Friday,

“I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth which You have shown Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now have become two companies.”

(Genesis 32:10).

When we come to Christ we come as we are, sinners in need of a Savior. We must confess our sins, repent, and turn to Christ to save us, forgive us, and give us eternal life. He changes our lives forever.

The hymn writer Charlotte Elliot wrote the beautiful hymn that was sung at end of every Billy Graham rally, “Just As I am, Without One Plea.” Many came to Christ as sinners and left as sinners saved by grace and saints of God.

Jacob, like every believer, recognized how his own unworthiness. He besought the Lord for His mercy as he was about to face his brother Esau, who years before swore to kill him. He understood that he was nothing and the Lord was everything.

We are not worthy, but we are not worthless; we are not worthy but Jesus has made us worthy by His shed blood of the cross. We should never lose our sense of unworthiness no matter how long we have saved.

Besides Jacob, John the Baptist, the Roman centurion, and Paul all described themselves by saying, “I am not worthy.” John felt he was not worthy to stoop down and loose the sandal strap of Jesus; the centurion said to Jesus that he was not worthy to have Him come under his roof; and Paul considered himself the least of the apostles and not worthy to be called an apostle because he once persecuted the church of God.

We should never these forget two things: who we were as lost sinners, and who we are in Christ as saints. Let us then stand in Christ’s worthiness, for we have to other stand. Tomorrow we will look at the topic, “Jesus is Worthy.”

Have a blessed day as one unworthy, but now worthy in Christ. Stay safe and healthy.

No one will enter heaven because they deserve to; all who enter the pearly gates will be because of Christ alone.

Dean