WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 16
“What
is your name?” Ge 32:27 NIV
WALKING
IN YOUR GOD-GIVEN IDENTITY
As they wrestled together, the angel of the Lord
asked Jacob, “What is your name?” He answered, “Jacob.” Then the angel said, “Your
name will no longer be Jacob, which means deceiver, but Israel, which means ‘a
prince with God’. Because you have struggled…and have
overcome” (See Ge 32:27-28). God forced Jacob to look at his true identity. He
wrestled him into a revelation of who he was—not who others said he was. His
parents gave him his name and others called him by it, so he believed that’s
who he’d always be. But God had a different plan for him. Hear this: you are
not who others say you are. Why should they name you? Determine who you are
before God. Let Him determine the
level of your success. Why should others be allowed to live at their highest
potential but not you? You are more than your past, more than your education or
resume, more than the color of your skin, more than your bank account, and more
than your circumstances. Tell those who talk down to you and devalue you, “You’re
confusing me with somebody else. God says I am a prince. And if I’m a prince,
then I have the right to be treated like one!” You ask, “But is that true?” Yes, the Bible says that when you walk with God you are part of a royal priesthood (See 1Pe 2:9). You are an
overcomer (See 1Jn 2:13-14). You are the head and not the tail, above and not
beneath (See Dt 28: 13-14). So dry your tears, lift your head, square your
shoulders and begin walking in your God-given identity.
Taken
from the Word for you Today Devotional
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