Identity

Oct. 22, 2010

I have a sense that Father wants me to understand in a new way that my “identity” is not in my work—not in being the REO, or a missionary involved in islands outreach, or a lover of Congo and the Congolese, or ???,  but rather my identity is as Father’s son (Romans 8:15-17)–“a son of the King of Kings—an heir of the Father and a “joint-heir” with Jesus–no longer a slave not having any right or privilege, but rather a son who is the beneficiary of all that belongs to the Father, who delights in giving good gifts to me, his son (consider the fatted calf party for the prodigal son!). He wants me to die to myself (my identity) so He can live through me! Galatians 2:20