Discover Our Identity

1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

It was ironic that the message I listen to yesterday would be the topic in Daily Bread this morning. Discovering our identity, who we are and who are we meant to be. People spend a life time searching out their purpose in life, and to find meaning in life.  Why did God create us, for what purpose did He have in mind when in the womb of our mothers, He was thinking of us? Born into this world as sinners, the plan of God is to reveal the holiness within each one of us through Christ. We were form from the dust of the ground, and unworthy earthen vessels. But God, who loved us, desires to reveal to us His created purpose within each one of us. To discovery who we are in Christ, will bring peace, meaning, and freedom to be what God wants us to be.

We Believe

John 1:12 “But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to those who believe in His name.”

What does it mean to believe in the Name of Jesus? Many believe and history records that there was a man who walked this earth and His name was Jesus, but to believe in His Name is to believe and accept that He came to save us from our sins. Darkness fills the world because the heart’s of men are darken by the sin in their lives. Believing that Jesus is the Light that will dispel the darkness and bring a person out of sin is to believe in His Name. To those who believe in His name, and have received Him into their lives, He gives them power over sin. Sin no longer has its hold, we are set free from the bondage of sin. Where we were once blind, we now see because we believe. We believe in God the Father, we believe in God the Son, we believe in the Holy Spirit, we believe in the Three in One.  In the face of opposition, and the progressive movement of our day, we must not forget who it is that brings life and we who received Him can stand in this day and know whom we have believed in, and He is able to keep us unto the day of His coming.