Matthew West’s song ‘Hello, My Name Is…’ contrasts how we often see ourselves with the truths of who we are in Christ. So often, we are filled with condemnation, regret and defeat, but God’s grace brings us a new perspective on ourselves as well as on life itself.
‘Hello, my name is regret.
I’m pretty sure we have met.
Every single day of your life
I’m the whisper inside
That won’t let you forget.
Hello, my name is defeat.
I know you recognize me.
Just when you think you can win,
I’ll drag you right back down again
‘Til you’ve lost all belief.
Oh, these are the voices. Oh, these are the lies.
And I have believed them for the very last time.
Hello, my name is child of the one true King.
I’ve been saved, I’ve been changed, I have been set free.
“Amazing Grace” is the song I sing.
Hello, my name is child of the one true King.
I am no longer defined
By all the wreckage behind.
The one who makes all things new
Has proven it’s true:
Just take a look at my life.
What love the Father has lavished upon us that we should be called His children.
I am a child of the one true King.’ (Matthew West, ‘Hello, My Name is…’)
What we were can never be as important as what we are in Christ. As the poster says, in Christ we are:
- Children of God (Rom 8:16)
- Forgiven (Eph 1:7)
- Saved by grace through faith (Eph 2:8-9)
- New creations (2 Cor 5:17)
- Justified (Rom 5:1)
- Heirs of eternal life (1 John 5:11-12)
- Led by the Spirit (Rom 8:14)
- Redeemed from the curse of the law (Gal 3:13)
- Strong in the Lord and in his mighty power (Eph 6:12)
- Heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ (Rom 8:17)
- Blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ (Eph 1:3)
- Imitators of God (Eph 5:1)
- The light of the world (Matt 5:5)
- Healed by Christ’s wounds (1 Pet 2:24)
- Being transformed by the renewing of our minds (Rom 12:2)
- Heirs to the blessings of Abraham (Gal 3:14)
- More than conquerors (Rom 8:17)
- Able to do all things through Christ’s strength in us (Phil 4:13)
These are the truths we need to absorb to go forth in God’s power and strength. Paul may have felt himself to be ‘the worst of sinners’ (1 Tim 1:15), but he also knew the difference between what he used to be and what he became in Christ. We too need to grasp who we are in Christ, and live in the power and freedom of God’s Spirit.