Identity in God

2 Kings 20; Isaiah 38,39; Psalms 75; 1 Peter 2  

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;…”

1 Peter 2:9, 10

Without clarity of our identity and value as people, we live desperate lives attempting to make a name for ourselves and prove our worth. God’s invitation to us is to find our life in him. He declares we have been chosen by him and set apart for his glory and mission. It was God who called us out of the spiritual darkness of sin and self, into his wonderful light. We declare God’s praises because this is our natural response to knowing we are loved and we belong. Our identity in God’s family unites us with people around the world, from every culture and language, who have also become the people of God.

Have we discovered our identity in God and his family, or are we still trying to make our own?

“Lord Jesus, thank you for choosing me to live for you, for your glory.”