When these words are misused, it makes me feel out of place.

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Sometimes people assume that words spoken about one person also apply to them. That assumption can quickly lead to false presumption. For example, it makes me feel out of place to assume that the words “with Him I am well pleased” that that God the Father spoke over Jesus should be spoken over all Christians including me.

I sometimes disappoint God the Father. Sometimes I ignore His inner voice and choose to do my will instead of His. Sometimes I’m unloving or rude to people. Sometimes I’m like the priest and the Levite in the Good Samaritan parable and I rush by and intentionally overlook someone in need. Sometimes I let my pride entangle me in self-focus. There’s no way that God is pleased with me when I am ignoring His will.

The words that I need are the words of this ancient prayer. “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on me a sinner.” My “place” is at the foot of the Cross humbly receiving God’s unmerited mercy.

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