Know Who You Are

My kids and I "movie speak" a great deal when we are all together. They are grown ups now, but when they are all home it isn't unheard of for us to have a whole conversation referring to favorite moves we watched over and over again while they were growing up. "You don't remember the opossum?" from The Kid, among others. A favorite, is a line from the movie Lion King, "You don't even know who you are!" Rafiki says it to Simba, making reference to who his Dad is. Simba's dad was the king of Pride Rock. Revered and looked up to as a great leader. When my girls are scared, worried, seeking direction, or don't know what to do about a decision or a situation, I will often say to them "You don't even know who you are!" Referring to whose they are in Christ. We believe in GOD and therefore HE is our Heavenly Father. Know who you are! Your Father is the King of kings!
I am reading an excellent book by Alex Early, in it he says "The reckless love of God for you is not found on just one page, but every page of the Bible. This changes how we read it from cover to cover. If your starting point is with anything other than the nature of who God is and the reckless love he feels and demonstrates for you, then you're bound to end up missing the overall point of Scripture--that our holy, righteous, all powerful God has gone to great lengths to forgive our sin, heal what is broken in us, and fill us with eternal, unbreakable love." Do you know who you are? Do you know who HE is?

We also quote commercials, a favorite of mine is, the one for those drops that turn your water into flavored drinks, "It changes everything!" Knowing who you are and whose you are changes everything!