Our Identity and Calling

Our Identity and Calling

Our identity is found in Christ. All that He is and all that he offers is who we are called to be. And what God calls us to He provides, equips and empowers for.

And yet we live removed from or below what He offers.

Because of pride.

Because of stubbornness.

Because of selfishness.

Because of pity parties.

Because of guilt.

And shame.

And doubt.

And fear.

But we can be so much more

We can be changed

We can be filled

We can be radiant

Glorious

Transformed

Full of joy

Overflowing

At peace

At rest

In Him

And so yet again I remind you that our identity and calling is to be in and with Christ

We are not defined by what has been

Nor by our likes

Or dislikes

Not our environment

Or the culture around us

Not parents

Not friends

Not enemies

Our circumstances have no say regarding who we are are

The accusations of the enemy have no say

The world has no say

What God says is truth

And it is eternal

And when He says it, it is alive

So what God says about me is reality

And if He says that I am His

And that I will overcome

And that He has chosen me

That I am His beloved

Now

And forever…

That is true!

Believe it

or not…

But if we don’t believe

Then we don’t receive

And somehow, in a great cosmic mystery

We stymie

Thwart

Divert

Alter

God’s plan for us

LET IT NOT BE!

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come! 2 Cor 5:17