ICS Daily Devotions
Your True Identity in Christ
Ephesians 1:6 To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.
What is your identity? Do you identify yourself as an accountant, lawyer, CFO, CIO, CEO, GM, VP, SVP, teacher, or principal? If your answer is one of these or a certain title that you hold in a particular office, then you identify yourself very much to your doing and/or the position that you hold. We feel a sense of importance when we hold such a position. Yes, we should rejoice and praise the Lord for the position that God has blessed us but we should never build our identity on it.
We will be very insecure the moment the identity that we hold onto is taken away. The fear of rejection will come into our lives and we will find it challenging to be in social gatherings. The most secure and best identity is to identify ourselves in Christ. We have a new identity the moment we are born again. We are born into a family in heaven and God is our Father. Your first identity should be a child of God who has a mighty Heavenly Father.
Have you ever imagined being born into a royal family? Being a member of the royal family enables us to dine at the King’s table, enjoy a wonderful conversation with the king on a daily basis, enjoy the castle, partake of everything that’s available to the king and receive protection of the king’s armies. When one belongs to a strong royal family, we will not be fearful of any enemy because we are well protected. We belong to a greater family than a royal family, we belong to the King of kings family and it is a wonderful position!
The bible tells us that God has given us the right to become His children, we are in His family and we are accepted because of His grace. The whole of heaven where our eternal home is found backs us up when we are a part of the family. We are the children of the King of kings.
The feeling of being secured is very important in our lives although we do not show it most of the times. Before we accepted Christ into our lives, we had a lot of insecurity because people measure us based on our net worth, credentials and accolades. We will not be fully secured because there is always someone better, smarter, wittier or wealthier than us. If the foundation of our lives is based on what we have, what we do and who we know, then when all these are taken away from us, we will feel as though we are nothing.
The greatest security that we can find on this earth will be from our Father in Heaven. Everything on this earth that can be shaken and will be shaken. God is the only unshakable and unmovable one. We have acceptance from the Father in Heaven, we are part of God’s family and we are the apple of His eye!
The person whose identity is in Christ can have everything taken away from his or her including his or her position in the corporate world, friends, fellowship, spouse and etc. Yet, he or she will still be able to rise up to the occasion and believe God for a new start and does well! This person’s faith is in God. That’s what God wants you to be because without faith, it is impossible to please God.
Your true identity is your identity in Christ. When you find your identity in Christ, you will have complete freedom to be who God has made and redeemed you to be! Until you know who you are, you do not know what you are capable of. When you become the person God made you to be, you’ll find real meaning, purpose, fulfilment, and satisfaction!
Sermon series: Inner Man
