A Nugget from New Life Network
(excerpts from Bob Gass Ministries)
Scripture for the Day (July 31, 2017)
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
We hear about people being released from prison after serving time for a crime they didn’t commit. It is many times a case of mistaken identity. Identifying someone means having the ability to recognize and say exactly who they are. Satan wants you to identify with who he says you are or who people say you are, versus who God says you are. Unless you know who you are in God’s eyes, Satan will hammer you with feelings of condemnation and unworthiness.
God’s grace and unconditional love for you is the only secure foundation on which to base your salvation and self-worth. Today, He says to you:
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.” (Isaiah 43:1, NIV)
Jesus identified with God’s opinion only: “I know where I came from and where I am going” (John 8:14, AMP). People said terrible things about Jesus, yet here’s what God said about Jesus: “The stone…the builders rejected has become the…cornerstone” (Ps 118:22 NKJV).
Sometimes we’re so busy telling people what to do that we neglect to tell them who they are or who they can be “In Christ”. Knowing who you are “In Christ” gives you confidence to hold your head high. You are “complete” because of your relationship to Christ (See Colossians 2:10). God sees you clothed in Christ’s righteousness (See 2 Corinthians 5:21). Once you accept that, you stop feeling like you constantly fall short.
When you have money in the bank and you need to withdraw it, you don’t feel pressured because you know it’s in an account with your name on it. Likewise, you don’t have to struggle for other people’s approval when you know you’re loved and accepted by God.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Romans
8:1)
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:26)
