Who you think you are is probably way different from who God thinks you are. We tend to judge ourselves, and usually, pretty harshly, we might consider ourselves by the way others may be treating us, and then there’s the Evil One and his minions whispering lies in your head.
This morning, after my prayers, for today’s message. I felt in my spirit to send some of God’s notes on how he views you.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 ESV “ Do you not know that you are God‘s temple and that God‘s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God‘s temple, God will destroy him. For God‘s temple is holy, and you are that temple.”
1 Peter 2:9 ESV “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies in him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.”
2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV “Therefore, If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold the new has come.”
1 John 3:1 ESV “See what kind of love the father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.”
Galatians 3:26 ESV “For in Christ Jesus you are all called sons of God, through faith.”
Ok, we read we are “His Holy Temple,” “A Chosen Race, A Royal Priesthood, A Holy Nation,” “His Own Possession,” “A New Creation,” “Children of God,” “Sons of God.” Those are some beautiful and worthy credentials!
We won’t always feel or even behave like children of God, but we still are. People will be sure to let us know when we aren’t acting like children of God. People may treat you differently after becoming a child of God. The old haunts and friends often don’t hold the same attraction after becoming a child of God. How we feel about ourselves, how others view or think of us, whether included or excluded, doesn’t matter because We Are Not of This World!!!
Have a blessed day. You’re in good company. It may be new company, but God put you on the best team. I run the same race; maybe I will see you on the track one day. Thank you for being here and joining me. 🥰
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