Do you know who you are? In His Word 12-5-16
Who are you? I don’t
mean your earthy name but the person God intended for you to be.
You may wonder, as I do from season to season; just who you
are supposed to be.
I know that the Word has the answer to what we seek, so
let’s check that out for this week!
So he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the
gate for the sheep. Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be
saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures. The thief’s
purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and
satisfying life. John 10: 7, 9-10
From this scripture of the day on my Bible App I found that
Jesus had to explain who he was as well. He gives us a purpose; He gives us a
rich and satisfying life! He is our shepherd, and if this is true then we are
the sheep.
So , we are sheep.
What are some attributes of being sheep? As sheep we are followers, also we know our leader’s voice
and attend to it. We hang together in groups for safety and comfort. And this
is a good thing.
Ah! So if we are sheep we need to be okay with being in
groups working together to do what the master says.
Then those who feared the Lord spoke with each other, and the Lord listened to what they said. In his
presence, a scroll of remembrance was written to record the names of those who
feared him and always thought about the honor of his name. “They will be my people,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “On the day
when I act in judgment, they will be my own special treasure. I will spare them
as a father spares an obedient child. Then you will again see the difference between the
righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
Malachi 3:16-18.
We are His people, we are to serve Him.
Concerning the Gentiles, God says in the prophecy of Hosea,
“Those who were not my people, I will now call my people, and I will love those whom I did not love before.” And “Then, at the place where they were told, ‘You are not
my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’” Romans
9:25-26
After all, you have not yet given your lives in your
struggle against sin.
And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to
you as his children? He said, “My child, don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline, and don’t give up when he corrects
you. For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes each one he
accepts as his child. “Hebrews 12:4-6
Though they stumble, they will
never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand. Once I was young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the godly
abandoned or their children begging for bread.
The godly always give generous loans to others and their
children are a blessing. Psalm 37:24-26
So to sum it up we are God’s children and because we are His
children we will never be left to struggle alone. He has said He will never
leave us nor forsake us. We are strong with His Spirit within us and we are to
gather together with other like minded individuals and follow Him. When I ask myself who I am in Christ, the
answer always comes around to I am His child.
My earthly father is no longer with us but my heavenly Father
is enough for me. Think for a moment how precious it is to call us His
children, not just His people. The children of Israel were called His people, and
we get to be called His children.
I am a child of God who has a purpose that God knows, and
sometimes I forget that He knows what He is doing. But thank God he does not
forget what it is that I am supposed to do. He does nor does He forget you either. When I forget what
my purpose is, to share the Gospel story, to let people know that God is with
them, He reminds me in His Word.
Ask God today to show
you your purpose, for He knows the plans He has for you!
This is what the Lord Babylon For I know the plans I have for you,” says
the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for
disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen.
Jeremiah 29:10-12
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you that you know the plans for
us. We ask you to reveal them to us today, remind us of them tomorrow and each
tomorrow that we may walk and in faith, hope and love knowing You have our
back! In Jesus name, amen
Read some more! Psalm 37:1-40, Romans 8:1-49, Hebrews 2:1-18, and 1 John
3:1-24