Thursday, January 22, 2009

Who am I?

I have a birth certificate that tells to whom my parents are, at what time I was born to them, what day I was born, and where I was born. I have a Social Security card that assigns a number to only me. On my marriage certificate, it tells to whom I chose to be my husband, who performed the ceremony, and the names of witnesses on the day of our marriage. It even tells what day, month, and year that we were joined as one. Then I got a military identification card that give several facts about me and which division of the Armed Forces my husband is in and his current rank. It even has a picture of me on it. The same for my driver's license. If you were to drive up behind me in my car, you would see that I am an Army wife, I have a child in her school's choir, that I also am an Army mom. You would see that someone in my family is in the Field Artillery in the Army and that someone has participated in Operation Noble Eagle. From all of this, one might say they know me. But the question remains, does any of this really say who I am? None of that does but there is one statement that does. John 1:12 says, "Yet to all who receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God-". Ephesians 1:13 says, "And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit." Out of all the things that we have with our picture on and important information about us, none of it can compare to who we are in Him. If there are any doubt, 1 Corinthians's 3:16, should dismiss them for it states, "Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple an that God's Spirit lives in you?" After reading those few verses I realize who I am is so much more than any certificate or identification card could ever say. It also fills in me a hope for "Him to become greater, I must become less (John 3:30)". For my prayer is that when others see me and begin to know me, then they will truly know who I am. What is your prayer after reading and mediating on those verses? I hope it too will be the same.