November 2015

the written Word of God. It is
the conduit by which God uses
to communicate with us. In
God’s Word we find that we are
His chosen children and He is
our Heavenly Father. Just like
an earthly father cares for his
children and wants the best for
them, likewise our God shares
the same sentiments for us. We
can find the heart of God in His
Word! He is the model by which
we live and love! The beauty of
this awesome Father is that He
alone created us in His image
and likeness (Genesis 1:26) and
it was by His words, His very
thoughts that we were intricately
designed and by way of His
Spirit, the breath and essence of
God that we exist today. What a
loving God whose sole purpose
for “speaking” life into existence
was to establish a relationship
with us; to give us life. Do you
know who you are?
The Truth, The Whole Truth
and Nothing But The Truth
So help me “believe” God
I am fearfully and wonderfully
made by God… created in secret
and everything I need to know
about myself is provided for me
in the Word of God. (Psalms
139: 14-16 paraphrased)
When we read the Word of God
it is filled with life affirmations
about our true identity. God says
that we are:
His children (John 1:12)
(Romans 8:16)
The “Apple of His Eye” (Deuteronomy
32:9-11)
Filled with wisdom, knowledge
and understanding (Colossians
1:9)
Conduits of Him through Christ
Jesus (John 15:1, 5)
One spirit with Him (1 Corinthians
6:17)
Of royal decent, chosen by Him
(1 Peter 2:9a)
Free in Him (John 8:36)
A new creation in Him (2 Corinthians
5:17)
The Righteousness of Him in
Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:21)
No longer slaves but children
and heirs (Galatians 4:7)
These are just a few examples
of what God says about who we
are in His Word. The Bible is
filled with examples of how God
loves us and how He feels about
us. He tells us that if we believe
Him, we have power to become
His sons and daughters. (John
1:12) We are in Christ Jesus.
Our identity and self-worth is
found in Him alone. Ephesians
1:5 tells us that we were chosen
by God and when we give our
lives to Him we become His
adopted children with the same
rights and privileges as His only
Son, Jesus Christ. We become
one with Christ. God made this
decision before heaven and
earth were formed, it was predestined.
(See 1 Corinthians 12:27,
Galatians 3:27-28, Romans 6:6,
Jeremiah 1:5, Colossians 3:1-3)
The Truth Shall Set You Free
For what if some did not believe?
Shall their unbelief make the
faith of God without effect?
God forbid: yea, let God be true,
but every man a liar;
(Romans 3:3-4a)
The only way to know who we
are in God; what He has said
about our lives is by reading and
believing His Word. There just
isn’t any other way around it. I
remember when I was a new
convert with major self-esteem
and image issues; I had a distorted
opinion about myself and
how God viewed my life. My
mentor would always say, “What
does God say about that?” or
“Show me that God feels that
way in His Word”. When my
thoughts about myself were
skewed, she always directed me
to the source, the Word of God.
She would often say, “Everything
you want to know about yourself,
you will find it in the Word
of God and every lie that was
ever told and you believed will
be replaced with God’s truth.” I
began reading and learning who
I was and the unwavering love
of God when I made a decision
to dedicate myself to the studying
of His Word. When sharing
God’s love with others, I explain
my conversion by telling people,
“The light came on”. How befitting
is that symbolism of “light”
that I found in reading God’s
Word. In 2 Timothy 2:15, God
tells us to study (read, learn and
educated) ourselves from His
Word so that we will know assuredly
who we are and who He is
so that we can boldly share that
truth with others and live our
best life. (paraphrased) God
knew that if we would dedicate
ourselves to getting to know
Him, we would be so filled with
the truth of who He is and who
we are that we would be confident
and not ashamed to live our
lives for Him. Don’t you wonder