A New Identity
Tuesday November 13, 2018
When we surrender our will and our lives into God’s care, we are restored to relationship with God. Our spirit comes alive as God’s Spirit lives in us. God’s lavish love pours into us. We begin to believe that we do belong to God and are His cherished children who bring delight to His heart. This truth grows in our spirit and nurtures stability and freedom in our soul – that part of our being where we think and feel and make choices.
Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.
(1 Thessalonians 5:23 NLT)
Where we’ve previously felt isolated and detached we now begin to experience a sense of connectedness. As we remember that God is watching over us, fear gives way to a sense of security. God is working on our behalf. The reality that we no longer are alone begins to sink into our minds. Confusion gives way to more and more clarity. Hope grows, and despair moves away, as surely as fog is dispersed by the warm sunshine. God is making us whole, holy in every way.
Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy. (2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 4:24 NLT)
New patterns of behaviour are appearing as our spirit and soul are impacted by the truth of God’s word. We begin to think more positively. Rather than reacting and running, we start to feel more secure and confident in dealing with what life brings our way. Our co-dependent need for approval from others diminishes as we learn to stand firm on the truth of God’s word and acknowledge our identity as the treasured person God says we are. Lying and cheating and scamming are no longer necessary. We are living as people of integrity, and it feels good.
Prayer: Gracious God, Once again I affirm my identity in Jesus Christ and declare that I am a new person through Jesus’ finished work on the cross. Thank you for my new life. Help me to live as the treasured person You say I am. Amen.
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