I just got an album - The Worship Initiative #16 by Shane and Shane. This song, "Who You Say I am" is on it (the song is at the top of the page here, but it is by Hillsong. Shane and Shane have not posted a video yet)....This song has been so meaningful to me. When I feel like there is no place on this earth for me; That I have no home that is mine where I have rights to exist and to settle; Where I have no identity for which to be loved. When I feel that my "name" is "Forsaken"....When I have no rights; Where I am not loved, wanted or respected.....I'm a Child of God. I am who HE says I am. I am Chosen, not Forsaken. In my Father's house there's a place for me. I'm a child of God, yes I am.
Each one of the statements in the song about my true identity in Jesus, speaks to an ugly gaping wound in my spirit. And every time I return "home", this ugly wound gets torn open yet again. I just keep repeating to myself the lines of this song. Affirming that I am not who people say I am. I'm a precious, beloved, worthy (because he calls me worthy), child of God. I am who HE says I am. My identity has nothing to do with the worthless piece of trash that I am here. In His house there's a place for me. I have a home. A dwelling place where my spirit can rest and be at home. I am cherished. Beloved. CHOSEN...by the God and Lord of all creation. No one on this earth has the right or ability to make me otherwise.
Colossions 3 says to "keep your sights set on the reality of heaven" verses 1-4:
Do you hurt today? Do you feel unworthy? I would invite you to look at who GOD says you are rather than what the people in your life have to say about you. What do they know? they have not created you. They have no authority to take away your place in the Kingdom that is coming. You are a child of God. That means you are royalty. That means you are now and always will be, beloved by the Lord God of the Universe. He has "gone to prepare a place for you" (John 14:2) and that is going to be your home for ever and for always. --if you will understand and what the bloody death Christ Jesus suffered was on your behalf and believe that he took the punishment that you and I deserved, so that we did not have to face eternal death and separation from the God who created us to love us. He has declared us worthy....although in ourselves there is nothing worthy of the wonders he will reveal to us and the pleasures that await us in His Kingdom.
Grab at the identity you have in Christ. Clutch it with both hands. It is eminently valuable. It is the only thing strong enough to out shout the lies of the enemy that people may be speaking to you and about you. I can endure a lot of abuse knowing that that is not my inheritance. It is not my destiny. It is not even my current dwelling place. The Bible says that even now we are seated in heavenly places. (Eph. 2:6, For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.) NO ONE has the authority to change that. No one can take that away from you.
Each one of the statements in the song about my true identity in Jesus, speaks to an ugly gaping wound in my spirit. And every time I return "home", this ugly wound gets torn open yet again. I just keep repeating to myself the lines of this song. Affirming that I am not who people say I am. I'm a precious, beloved, worthy (because he calls me worthy), child of God. I am who HE says I am. My identity has nothing to do with the worthless piece of trash that I am here. In His house there's a place for me. I have a home. A dwelling place where my spirit can rest and be at home. I am cherished. Beloved. CHOSEN...by the God and Lord of all creation. No one on this earth has the right or ability to make me otherwise.
Colossions 3 says to "keep your sights set on the reality of heaven" verses 1-4:
Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. 2 Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. 3 For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory.So you see, I have value. I am loved by the Creator of the universe. Who really cares about what some people say about me--about how badly they make me feel? He cares only that He might embrace me and make me know He loves me. Cherishes me. Wants to be around me. Calls me worthy to be loved. I am not a blight on the universe. I am not an inconvenience. I am not mentally challenged. All these things that I have been made to feel --he wants to heal those wounds; to give me a place and identity.
Do you hurt today? Do you feel unworthy? I would invite you to look at who GOD says you are rather than what the people in your life have to say about you. What do they know? they have not created you. They have no authority to take away your place in the Kingdom that is coming. You are a child of God. That means you are royalty. That means you are now and always will be, beloved by the Lord God of the Universe. He has "gone to prepare a place for you" (John 14:2) and that is going to be your home for ever and for always. --if you will understand and what the bloody death Christ Jesus suffered was on your behalf and believe that he took the punishment that you and I deserved, so that we did not have to face eternal death and separation from the God who created us to love us. He has declared us worthy....although in ourselves there is nothing worthy of the wonders he will reveal to us and the pleasures that await us in His Kingdom.
Grab at the identity you have in Christ. Clutch it with both hands. It is eminently valuable. It is the only thing strong enough to out shout the lies of the enemy that people may be speaking to you and about you. I can endure a lot of abuse knowing that that is not my inheritance. It is not my destiny. It is not even my current dwelling place. The Bible says that even now we are seated in heavenly places. (Eph. 2:6, For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.) NO ONE has the authority to change that. No one can take that away from you.
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