Identity

Job 30; Psalms 120; Galatians 3-4 

“Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, ‘Abba, Father’. So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.”

Galatians 4:6, 7

Knowing our identity - who we are and why we are here - is an essential element in maturity. When we attempt to define our spiritual identity through our community and history alone, we are missing the most essential component. God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. The Holy Spirit communicates within us and reminds us we belong to the Father. The Spirit of his Son reminds us of the Father’s love for us personally, and that our names are written in heaven. The indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit fills us with the attributes and qualities of our Father, and we are inwardly being discipled. We look like our Father because his Spirit is living through us.

“Father God, you are my source of eternal identity, and you are Abba. Thank you, for your glory.”