Knowing Who You Are

“Those who are not My People, 
I will call, ‘My People.'
Those who are not loved,
I will call, ‘My loved ones.’
Wherever they were told 
‘You are not My people,’
They will be called,
‘Children of the Living God.’”
Romans 9:25-26
(Paul quoting from Hosea)

“Identity” is important.  It matters to every human being everywhere in the world.  God started that, when He created the first human beings . . . a man and a woman.  They had hardly begun breathing when God announced their human identities and gave them names.

New parents deliberate over the decision of what name to give their new child.  It’s one of the most important identifiers of a human being.  A name sets you apart from the rest of the group. . . a part of your one-of-a-kind uniqueness.  Your name becomes part of the history of a family . . . a lineage.  It’s a global reality.  And God started it at the very Beginning.

This world has a tendency to mess with our identities. . . whether with our own perceptions of our true selves, or the perceptions of other people regarding who we truly are as human beings.  It’s an old Story . . . going all the way back to “The Beginning.”  We begin, over time, to lose sight of who we truly are.  Especially who we truly are to God.

We need to stop sometimes, and simply come back to the basics of who am I. . . really?

Not who others think I am.  Not who I’ve become in my world. . . through effort or through life’s impact on me. . . whether good or bad.

The world will pull us away from the “me” that God created. . . as well as the path He had planned for us . . . individually as well as collectively.

God’s tender reminder, true in ancient times (Hosea’s words), as well as in Jesus’ earthly time (through Paul’s reminder,) continues to be true in our time.

The Living God continues to remind us of the core Truth of who we truly, uniquely are, especially in relation to Him directly and personally.  Those ancient Words . . . simple. . . arresting . . . . and true.  It’s who you are.

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