Resetting Your Thinking
Devotional Reading: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV
All of us who have received Christ as our Savior have also received new names and new identities. Whatever you may have thought defined you—and the enemy that had pursued you in the past—now has no power over you.
But even with this knowledge, culture and media will challenge you to measure your life against its standards of accomplishment, family, economic status or educational background.
How can you combat the lies that threaten to steal your joy? Seek the truth found in Scripture.
Your identity as a follower of Christ isn’t found in what you can do or what you’ve failed to do. You’re a Christian—a word that literally means “little Christ”—and your identity is in whose you are.
- When people leave you or disappoint you, and you feel abandoned and unwanted, 1 Peter 2:9 will remind you that Christians are “a chosen people.” God wants you!
- When you feel unloved, God says, “I have loved you with an everlasting love” (Jer. 31:3). God loves you!
- When you don’t feel special, remember that “we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works” (Eph. 2:10). God designed you!
- When you feel like you’ve messed up, know that God will always cleanse you (Jm. 4:8). God restores you!
Resetting your thinking with the truth of God’s Word is a crucial step in living beyond happiness and dwelling in your identity in Christ. Step into the joy you have as God’s beloved child!
Prayer and Confession
I am defined by whose I am. I am who God says I am. Amen.
Further Reading – Ephesians 1
