There’s a lot of talk about identity theft. I can’t imagine
it happening to me, can you? Years ago when my niece’s son went to rent an
apartment they found out that someone was using his social security number. If
I remember right, they had achieved bad credit and because he was trying to use
his identity to secure an apartment, it came up suspicious. They got things worked
out but it was scary for them to know someone else had taken what belonged to
them. We had a bogus bill that kept
coming to us, so we took it to our lawyer. In the course of working it all out,
we found out that our lawyer’s wife had her identity stolen when she was a
child! When she grew up and tried to establish her own credit, she found
someone else had left a bill unpaid in her name. I had no idea, but someone can even get your
identity and use it to get medical care.
There are safeguards to protect your identity. Even if you’ve had your identity stolen you
can recover. It takes time. But it’s worth it. Often people work under the
radar so it pays to check your own credit scores and make sure there’s nothing
listed that doesn’t truly belong to you.
Spiritually speaking there is an identity thief lurking in
our lives. His desire is to steal our identity in Christ and make us live with
the consequences. He wants to steal, kill and destroy every nuance of our
faith. He wants to subvert the working of the Holy Spirit in our lives and
divert the assets of our faith so that we cannot use them in our walk. He likes to replace the truth with half-truths
so that we aren’t able to live freely in our faith. His greatest desire is to kill all hope in us.
He also loves to steal our hope and destroy our dreams.
Have you been a victim of identity theft? Are you living as
though the Word is not available to you? Are you full of fear, dread, sorrow or
disappointment? Do you believe that your credit report reads that you are
unworthy, unfit, unlovely or unlovable? Maybe you think you don’t have any rights left
to live a free and productive life in Christ!
Oh beloved, run to the Lord of Heaven and Earth and open His
Benefits book this morning! Look from the first chapter to the last and reclaim
your identity! Every single promise is yours! Every single encouragement was
written just for you. Don’t let the enemy of your soul continue to steal your
identity for you were destined to live in the light of God’s Word and that’s
where your true identity lies. In and of
yourself, there may be things that aren’t perfect, but your true identity is in
Christ! He paid your bad debts off at the cross, He canceled all unworthy
things that were credited to you at the empty tomb and He’s seated at the right
hand of the Father now, making intercession for you so that your identity will
stay secure.
Oh how He loves you! Oh how He protects you! Oh how He
watches over you to perform the truth in your life. Let go of those things that are not a part of
your identity and begin living the Truth. For the Truth is your guardian, your
watchman, your peace and your future! Let God rebuild your identity with the
washing of the water of His Word and see how you will be able to live free and
justified fully!
John 8:32 And you will know the truth, and
the truth will set you free.
Romans 8:1 So now
there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 2:9-10 For in Christ lives all
the fullness of God in a human body. So you also are complete through your
union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
Ephesians 2:7 So God
can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of His
grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all He has done for us who are united
with Christ Jesus.
Romans 3:24 Yet God, with undeserved
kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when
He freed us from the penalty for our sins.
2 Corinthians 1:20 For all of God’s
promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding “Yes!” And through
Christ, our “Amen” (which means “Yes”) ascends to God for His glory.
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