Leviticus 12:3. “And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.”
A MARKED MAN God knows who is His, God sees what we are, God sees what others cannot see. God looks at the marked man. God sees into the heart, God recognizes whether I am real, God looks for the cutting of the sinful flesh. I AM A MARKED MAN.
I know what I am doing, I know my motives, I know the reasons for what I do.
I know my own heart – to a degree. I want to do Him service, I want to serve Him right – scripturally; thankfully. I want my service to be genuine; for God; before men – because I AM A MARKED MAN.
God wants worshipers to worship in spirit and in truth. God wants peculiar people zealous of good works. God wants stewards that are faithful. God wants me to be diligent. God wants me to follow Him. God wants me to go into all the world and preach the Gospel. God wants me to be holy because He is holy. I AM A MARKED MAN.
I want to pray, and sing, and worship in the Spirit. I want to represent my Lord acceptably. I want to preach the Gospel with faithfulness and compassion. I want to love sinners into the kingdom of God. I want people to know I care for their souls. I want Christians to know I love them as my family. I want people to be able to know I love God supremely. I AM A MARKED MAN.
“O Loving God and Father: the reality of cutting off the flesh is sometimes obscured in my life by my conformity to what is around me. Can You please let a little light shine from my face into the darkness where others sit? Can You please let my words and voice sound kind of tender so the spiritually deaf can hear Your voice through mine? Can You give me expressions on my face that let the fearful and the angry ones know I really do care for them? I wait on Your grace to show Christ through me. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”