Signing your name with an X, an I, or something else

While listening to Casting Crowns "Lifesong", I was humbled by the following phrase:

'I want to sign your name to the end of this day, knowing that my heart was true,
Let my lifesong sing to You.'

Many people sign the day off with an X, just chance, nobody's fault, nobody's responsibility, it just happened as a matter of fate.

So often in my daily assessment, I sign my name to how I did or did not do, while nodding acknowledgement for GOD's enablement, but that focus is very wrong. If I truly want to be an empty vessel, embodying the goodness of GOD's character, then it was not I, but Christ living in me. I should be humbled that GOD would choose me to bear His image, working through me to accomplish what is most glorifying to Him, what showcases His abilities, what allows Him to be seen. My human foibles and insecurities, my very sin nature grabs a few of the glory beams for my own gratification, but ends up as tarnished trophies on the dusty unseen shelves of my heart.

It really is unbelievable that GOD would continue to entrust His work to the next contestant of "Look at me...I've got talent"!

Lifesong lyrics by Casting Crowns
Empty hands held high
Such small sacrifice
If not joined with my life
I sing in vain tonight

May the words I say
And the things I do
Make my lifesong sing
Bring a smile to You

Let my lifesong sing to You
Let my lifesong sing to You
I want to sign Your name to the end of this day
Knowing that my heart was true
Let my lifesong sing to You

Lord I give my life
A living sacrifice
To reach a world in need
To be Your hands and feet

So may the words I say
And the things I do
Make my lifesong sing
Bring a smile to You

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Let my lifesong sing to You