Less of me, More of Him

I wish people would see less of me and more of God.

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. The vision for my church is that we are a fellowship of believers who live out the marks of a Lion/Lamb community. Those marks are Acceptance, Passion, Compassion, Hospitality, Encouragement, Accountability and Forgiveness. At first glance I feel like theses are easy things to "be" because that's what we're called to be as Christians. It's what we should be at least. As I've thought more about each of these characteristics I've really come to the conclusion that I have a lot of work to do. I am accepting (of some people), I am passion (about what I want to be), I do have compassion (on most people), I am hospitable (when I want to to be), I am encouraging (but not always), I am accountable (to people I want to be), and I am forgiving (when they "deserve" it). God doesn't call us to be accepting of people we choose to be accepting of or forgiving of people who deserve it. He calls us to be something so much more. He has given his son for me, for all of us. He calls us to be his children and his light in a dark and fallen world.

I know that I will never be perfect. I just want to be who God created me to be, I want to be someone who exudes these qualities. I want to be so much more of God and so much less of myself.