GodReflection: Power Words

It was my senior year and the thrust of Ms. Mollie Bailey’s Journalism class was the publication of the High School yearbook. In her class I learned to identify the five W’s to write a good story. To identify the who, what, where, why, and when, brings a story into focus.

The Christian walk begins with “who.” It is a holy Who.

Everything else is secondary. The who is found in Jesus. The what, when, where, and why serve as explanation and the underpinning of the story.

Who is a super power word. Jesus is always the answer to who.

The way I answer the who question determines my aspirations for how I will act from my first awakening moments until I close my eyes in the sleep of the night.

I think of what happens during my awake hours when Jesus is the Who of my life. I can be easier on myself since I accept what Jesus did for me on a cross and in a tomb.

I don’t have to get it all right today. I do the best I can to let Jesus live in me. I live knowing his blood flows daily to cleanse my goof ups. His red blood keeps my life as white and spotless as a new snow. It’s rather neat to know I get a free pass by keeping my eyes on Jesus.

That fact alone should create a sense of deep gratitude in my spirit. By knowing whose I am, I should want to treat others in a more gentle way and with abundant grace as I walk through my day.

My day is like yours. Telephone calls are destined to eternal hold mode. There are times when attendants and reception folks seems to hold a graduate degree in incompetence. The way I answer the Who makes a difference as to my response.

Because I am a child of Jesus—who is God and Holy Spirit—the who becomes even more striking.

It’s rather humbling to think that what I do today matters to the Godhead.

Maybe I should go through life with an owl in my head constantly calling out “Who, Who, Who.” At least that might call my attention to the greatest of power words I need to guide my walk.

Stay tuned.

Dr. Gary J. Sorrells – Reflecting on the Power Word Who.

Gary@GodReflection.org