Who am I? What am I here for? Whoa!! Heady questions – a bit too deep for general conversation, I know!! Maybe we find it so uncomfortable to tackle such questions because we can’t tangibly come with answers that seem satisfying enough…
Lately, as many of you know, my world has been a little upside down (or should I say ‘down under’? Ha ha ha). Anyway, as I am still looking for work, and life is not settled, it has prompted me to do some serious soul searching. I am just glad I have had the Word of God to guide me, and I have also been reading a very good book by Neil Anderson called “Victory over the darkness”. I have come to appreciate afresh is that my identity is firstly and most importantly as a child of God. I am (we are) a child(ren) of God. Just stop to think about that for a minute. It is too big to get your head around at first. But that’s it. There is no need for anything else. As a Child of God, I am whole, I have purpose, and life has meaning.
We can rest in that reality when all our other human, temporary hats aren’t secure: career title, role of daughter/mother/wife; ministry title, or anything that someone knows you by or gives you esteem for – looks, nationality, talents, skills, abilities – all of these are good things, and God-given, but are transient and not for our core identity.
Only our identity as a child of God is what surpasses all the other labels, is eternal, and penetrates to our souls. We were created to love and relate to God, to serve Him and bring Him honour and glory. We can do that when we pray from a hospital bed, or while doing house-hold chores. Whatever we are doing and were-ever we are, if our hearts are aligned with our identity as children of God, then everything else falls into it’s right perspective.
May we walk in the knowledge that we are dearly and intimately loved by God as His precious children!
Romans 8:16-39
1 John 3 (whole chapter)
Ephesians 5:1-2
