Check The Label (1)
Thursday July 7, 2016
In the past, many of us primarily identified ourselves by the names people called us or by the labels they put on us. God has good news for us today as we seek to develop a life with Him in recovery.
The foundation of who we truly are, is based on what God says about us and He says: I have called you by name; you are mine. You are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you. (Isaiah 43:1,4b NLT)
At times we may have identified ourselves with the ethnic origin of our biological parents; the family in which we were raised; the country or town in which we live or lived; the schools we attended; the church and organizations we belonged to; the friends we made along the way; the work we were, or still are, involved in; our relationship to our spouse; our relationship to our children etc. etc. Do any of these truly explain the complex persons we are?
What if we were to identify ourselves as God intends? You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. (Psalm 139:13-14 NLT)
God knows us, and sees us today as the masterpiece He created. How do we see ourselves? If we see ourselves based on our past actions, God promises us forgiveness and healing and a fresh new beginning as we genuinely turn away from our sins and invite Jesus to come into our lives. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin. Once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light! (1 Corinthians 1:30b, Ephesians 5:8 NLT))
Let’s stick a new label on ourselves today, one that says: I am a precious and beloved child of God, created in God’s image, freed from sin and made pure and holy by faith in Jesus Christ.
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