Your true Identity 1

“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.”                
1 John 3:2(KJV)

Our  opening  scripture shows us that we are already sons of God just like Jesus. We are not going to become sons of God in the future, no, we are already sons of God today. The Bible goes on to say that when we see Jesus we shall be like Him. So the more I see Jesus in the Word of God (the Bible), the more I see who I am because I am as He is.

For instance, when you look into a mirror, who do you see? You see yourself. This is why the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 3:18, “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” So the more we look into the mirror of the Word of God, the more like Christ we become. Therefore, the identity crisis we have in the body of Christ is because we are not beholding Christ in the Word; “… because as he is, so are we in this world.” 1 John 4:17.

Having this understanding that we are like Jesus means that we ought to respond to the challenges of our lives in the same way Jesus will respond to them. Will Jesus have any sleepless night because of a financial need? When Jesus had no money with Him what did He do? Did He complain? No.

Matthew 17:24-27 shows us what Jesus did when He didn't have any physical cash with Him to pay tax, He immediately knew what to do. He simply said to Peter in Matthew 17:27(GNB), “But we don't want to offend these people. So go to the lake and drop in a line. Pull up the first fish you hook, and in its mouth you will find a coin worth enough for my Temple tax and yours. Take it and pay them our taxes.”

Child of God even as Jesus could not be disadvantaged even in an emergency need, it means that you can never be disadvantaged. Do you believe this?

INSTRUCTION
Pray Galatians 4:19 for yourself and other members of the body of Christ.

For further study read:
Hebrews 2:6-18, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Galatians 3:26.

DOING THE WORD
Always see yourself the way God sees you.