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Identity. Webster's Dictionary says identity is "sameness of character in different instances; sameness in all that constitutes the objective reality of a thing; oneness." What do you identify with? When you identify with something or someone it becomes a part of who you are. When I married my husband Jason, he became a part of me and I became a part of him. We identify with each other. I am his, and he is mine. You cannot take one of us without the other--because we are one. I think "identity" and "identify" just might be some good covenant words. So, we are in covenant with Jesus if we make Him the Lord of our life, right? In covenant, a partner's weaknesses are exchanged for the other partner's strengths. At times (usually when I take communion), I picture myself giving Jesus my weaknesses; and in return, He gives me His strengths. Wow!! What's the problem here? The deck is stacked for me!! So His strengths are mine. Who He is, I am also (I John 4:17). I am His, and He is mine.
Do you identify with who Jesus is? Just think about who He is. Meditate on it. We truly will be transformed (Romans 12:1 & 2) when we do this. Who He is is endless!! I used to have this poster on the back of my bedroom door listing His names that are in the Bible. It went on and on and on. At times, I would just sit there and stare at it amazed that this is my God!! Granted, I know that staring at it alone won't transform me--I must search it out in scripture who He is. I'm just making a point of how BIG He is and He is my God and He wants me to identify with who He is. Okay....so where do I begin searching Him out? That's where the Holy Spirit comes in and He will guide us into all truth. There is so much truth hidden in the Word that He wants to reveal to us. In fact, it is hidden for us (I Corinthians 2). There are many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many truths about who He is and who we are in Christ.
I want to talk about just one truth of who He is that has transformed my life because I have started identifying with it as my own. It's become a part of who I am. (Side note: Now if only one of God's truths has transformed my life, just think about all the truths there are in the Bible and what those can do to us?!) So the truth that the Holy Spirit has been helping me to identify with is that my God is my King and I am His daughter. You might be thinking, Jennelle, I already know this, duh. If you are saying that, you are not identifying with Him being the King of Kings. Let me explain how God has helped me to identify with Him in this way. There was a Word from God spoken over my life a couple of years back that said I was "a daughter of the King". During a difficult time in my life, that word kept rising up in me. I wasn't identifying with it at the time, but I started to confess it and thank God that I was His daughter--the King's daughter. Well, just recently my daughter had her first birthday and the party was a princess theme. To be honest, I did not decide to have a princess party--it was thrust upon me from outside sources (My aunt and mom to be exact--love you ladies!). As I was planning for this party, I found a book for my daughter titled "His Little Princess--Treasured Letters from Your King". Awesome book--it has a letter from Jesus on one page and a prayer that your daughter can pray on the other page that has to do with that letter's theme. I was reading through the letters and it really touched me. I know God was using this book that was for my precious princess and His little princess to touch me. It's amazing what God uses to touch us.
Point of all of this---Jesus helped me identify with exactly what I needed exactly when I needed it. I know that I know that I know who I am. I am a daughter of the King. I am His princess. He is my King. It's because of what He has done for me that I am able to say, "I am His and He is mine." I thank you Jesus. I identify with You and You alone.
Who or what are you identifying with today? I pray it is with truth and not lies. |
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