This kind of spoke to me recently! so wanna share it!
Who am I?
Many times we hear what the world says about us, the names they give us and we take it to heart.
Sometimes is not what others say, but what we think we are.
We take it to heart, we forget our true identity and sometimes we don't even bother finding out who we truly are..
E.g. "you are lousy", "you can never make it", "please be realistic", "you are nobody", "backslider", "gossiper", "loner", "I am selfish", "I'm an accident child", "I'm so stupid!" and the list just goes on and on.
But all these are not who we are!
You are who God says you are!
God says you are his beloved child, dearly loved!
The devil will never tell you that you are God's beloved children! Because if he says that, his evil plans won't succeed! His evil plan is to make us go around being upset about who we are, if only we could be this and that, and never fully knowing the truth about who God says we are.
When we know this truth about who we are in Christ, we have assurance, we are comforted, we have joy and we have confidence living this life that God will always be by our side no matter what happens, He will be for us and never against us!
We will begin to live the victorious christian life instead of a defeated life when we fully believe that we are who God says we are!
Read http://www.victorious.org/victorus.htm if you wanna know about victorious christian life!
Read this testimony to understand the power of realizing this truth:
http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/devotions/JennyTheJewel.aspx
Now just wanna address certain common things we hear.
1) Backsliders
If you realize, the bible never once called the prodigal son a Backslider!
God address him as "the lost son"
So who are we to give people names when clearly in the bible, God calls the "backsliders", "Lost".
We may not mean harm to call people "backsliders", but we never know how hurt that person might get being called "backsliders"
For me personally, when i hear "the lost son", i can feel God's love for that son, because he still address him as "son", and "lost" in the dictionary just means "Unable to find one's way: a lost child", but when i hear "backsliders", all i hear is condemnation.
So for those who are lost, I just wanna say our heavenly Father still loves you and is still waiting for you to come back! :)
2) Please be realistic!
Hahhas..I did say this to people and myself before! But i realized its another lie from the devil!
How can we be realistic when we know God is able to feed the 5000 out of 2 fish and 5 loaves, turn water into wine, heal the sick, raise the dead, part the red sea, calm the storm etc, etc
All these miracles are SUPER unrealistic, but yet God is able!
So to really think about it, it's quite contradicting about our faith if we really say "please be realistic".
And finally, I always hear, and i agree..who are we to judge others when we haven't remove the plank in our own eyes.
I'm not saying i don't judge others at all..I still do.
But anw, my pt is..let's save our energy to know and find out who God says we are, instead of spending the time to judge others or beat ourselves down!
You know the movie Jason Bourne, the picture above! The world gave him another identity and he live quite long under that identity, but somewhere in the movie he wants to remember who he really is, and fought hard for it..so likewise, we are given different identities, and we should also fight hard to know our true identity. The good thing is.. we don't have to fight or anything, we have the Word of God that tells us directly our true identity!
I am who God says I am! You are who God says you are!
Found this from the internet and think its very useful to remind us of our TRUE identity!
So who does God say I am?
• I am a child of God.
• I am a branch of the true vine, and a conduit of Christ’s life.
• I am a friend of Jesus.
• I have been justified and redeemed.
• My old self was crucified with Christ, and I am no longer a slave to sin.
• I will not be condemned by God.
• I have been set free from the law of sin and death.
• As a child of God, I am a fellow heir with Christ.
• I have been accepted by Christ.
• I have been called to be a saint.
• In Christ Jesus, I have wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.
• My body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who dwells in me.
• I am joined to the Lord and am one spirit with Him.
• God leads me in the triumph and knowledge of Christ.
• The hardening of my mind has been removed in Christ.
• I am a new creature in Christ.
• I have become the righteousness of God in Christ.
• I have been made one with all who are in Christ Jesus.
• I am no longer a slave, but a child and an heir.
• I have been set free in Christ.
• I have been blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.
• I am chosen, holy, and blameless before God.
• I am redeemed and forgiven by the grace of Christ.
• I have been predestined by God to obtain an inheritance.
• I have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.
• Because of God’s mercy and love, I have been made alive with Christ.
• I am seated in the heavenly places with Christ.
• I am God’s workmanship created to produce good works.
• I have been brought near to God by the blood of Christ.
• I am a member of Christ’s body and a partaker of His promise.
• I have boldness and confident access to God through faith in Christ.
• My new self is righteous and holy.
• I was formerly darkness, but now I am light in the Lord.
• I am a citizen of heaven.
• The peace of God guards my heart and mind.
• God supplies all my needs.
• I have been made complete in Christ.
• I have been raised up with Christ.
• My life is hidden with Christ in God.
• Christ is my life, and I will be revealed with Him in glory.
• I have been chosen of God, and I am holy and beloved.
• God loves me and has chosen me.
Yup! Be bless!
Bye!
