The world likes to tell you who you are. The world tells you that you are defined by your job, your relationship status, your friends, your talents, etc. People are going to try to tell you what you can and cannot do. They will try to declare your worth/value, and only think of you in light of the things you’ve done. But you are so much more than that!
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
2 Corinthians 5:17
Beloved friends, if you have put your trust in Jesus, you are a new creation, and this is who God says you are (:
You are…
- loved {John 3:16, Jeremiah 31:3}
- known {Psalm 139}
- forgiven {1 John 1:9, Colossians 3:13, Ephesians 4:32, Isaiah 43:25}
- adopted into God’s family {Ephesians 1:5, John 1:12, Galatians 4:5-7}
- set apart {1 Peter 2:9}
- victorious {1 John 4:4}
- Christ’s workmanship {Ephesians 2:10}
- chosen {Ephesians 1:4, 1 Peter 2:9, John 15:16, 2 Thessalonians 2:13}
- blessed {Ephesians 1:3}
- a friend of Jesus {John 15:15, Psalm 25:14}
- accepted {Romans 15:7}
- free from sin {Romans 6:6, 8:1-2}
- a citizen of Heaven {Philippians 3:20
- an ambassador for Christ {2 Corinthians 5:20}
- the salt & light of the world {Matthew 5:13-14}
^This is not an all-inclusive list! The Lord declares so many beautiful truths over you & I encourage you to make note of them as you read God’s Word! I pray that your heart delights in your identity being found only in Jesus. I hope that you can walk in confidence knowing who you are and whose you are (: