WHO AM I IN CHRIST?

From the desk of Dr. Mary Tisdale Green

RECOVER ALL WEDNESDAY

I was thinking Who I am in the Lord and ran across this article by Fritz Chery and it really spoke to me. I want to encourage you with it today. Satan is constantly fighting believers to cause us to lose sight of our true identity. God is constantly pouring out His grace and reminding us of who we are. He is constantly reminding me to not dwell on my failures, receive His grace, and press on.

When those voices tell you that you are misunderstood by everyone, God reminds you that He understands you. When we feel unloved, we are reminded that God loves us deeply and unconditionally. When we are engulfed in shame, God reminds us that Christ took upon our shame on the cross. You are not defined by who the world says that you are. You are defined by who Christ says that you are. In Him is where your true identity lies.

In the midst of many voices in our head that wage war against our identity we forget who we are in Christ. I need to remind myself daily that my identity does not lie in my mistakes, my struggles, my embarrassing moments, those discouraging negative voices in my head, etc.

Galatians 3:26 “For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.”

2. Galatians 4:7 “So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.”

3. John 15:11 “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.”

4. Ephesians 1:3 “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.”

5. Psalm 118:26 “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.” Be blessed, in Jesus'.