Identity First

Leon FontaineDevoted

But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12 (NLT)

Sometimes we think that our faith needs to be connected to a specific Bible verse. If we’re facing a health crisis, we confess a healing Scripture. If we’re struggling financially, we find a promise about God’s provision.

But before you focus on any one promise of God, the most important confessions in the Word have to do with your identity. This is where we need to connect with God at the heart level the most.

So what is your identity? Where do you get your self-worth? Do you look to your physical abilities in the physical realm? Do you measure yourself against other people? You might be working your fingers to the bone, trying to rise amongst your peers just to find a sense of significance.

But God’s Word tells us where to look for our identity: in Christ. He loves you and values you. You’re a King’s kid!

As my five children were growing up, you would never see four of them in nice clothes and one in lousy clothes. I didn’t give four of them steak for dinner and the other had to eat mac and cheese in the corner. If you were in the family, you could expect to share what the family had.

You’re part of God’s family. Because you’re His child, you can say, “I’m not trying to get healed, I am healed.” “I’m not trying to be prosperous, I am prosperous.” “I’m not trying to find peace, I have peace.”

When your identity is in Christ, you begin to expect all the blessings that go with being a true son or daughter of God!