Do you ever wrestle with who you are? It seems like “identity” is on everyone’s mind today. There’s nothing worse than feeling out of place. Unloved. Like you don’t belong. Do you know who you are?
God wants you to know! Your true identity comes from him. Here’s how Jesus’ disciple Peter describes Christians: “You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light” (1 Peter 2:9). Peter wasn’t writing to people of any particular country or race. He was writing to Christians. To you!
Listen to how God talks about you: You are a chosen people, not because you’re earned it, but because God in his grace put faith in Jesus in your heart by the Holy Spirit. So you’re chosen. You are a royal priesthood, not because of where you were born, but because you have been born again as God’s child through baptism. If you are God’s child, you’re a royal! You are a holy nation, not because you’re perfect, but because Jesus has forgiven all your sins through his blood on the cross. So you’re holy. You are God’s special possession, because he loved you so much that he sent his one and only Son to live and die and rise to give you eternal life in heaven. A chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession. By grace, that’s who you are!
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