Pastor Nicholas Tsakis shared at Empower Christian Church on Sunday 10 October 2010.
Who are you? It's a question we ask ourselves sometimes. We find ourselves at key points of life where we must answer it.
The problem is how we arrive at a place of value and self-worth. We can define ourselves by what we do or have done. But circumstances change and skew the ways we judge ourselves.
Many people judge by appearances, and yet even the Hollywood visage is not reality. There's only so much a facelift can do!
We may even try to win self-worth from objects and material things. But where does it take us?
The best person to ask 'Who am I?' is Jesus.
Psalm 139:13-16 tells us we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Our lives and days are in the creative hand of God - lives sovereignly determined.
You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
In Christ, you are a child of God (John 1:12).
You are not a mistake.
God gave the right for you to be a child of God, by grace alone. Our reception is by receiving and believing. See also 1 Peter 2:9.
You are loved by God (Romans 8:35-39). In fact, we are so loved that suffering does not separate us from God. If anything, suffering actually leads us closer to Him.
You are chosen by God (Ephesians 1:4-6).
You are forgiven and your debt of sin is cancelled (Col 2:13-14).
Image source: By Ben Steed, linked from Heartlight, http://www.heartlight.org
Who are you? It's a question we ask ourselves sometimes. We find ourselves at key points of life where we must answer it.
The problem is how we arrive at a place of value and self-worth. We can define ourselves by what we do or have done. But circumstances change and skew the ways we judge ourselves.
Many people judge by appearances, and yet even the Hollywood visage is not reality. There's only so much a facelift can do!
We may even try to win self-worth from objects and material things. But where does it take us?
The best person to ask 'Who am I?' is Jesus.
Psalm 139:13-16 tells us we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Our lives and days are in the creative hand of God - lives sovereignly determined.
You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
In Christ, you are a child of God (John 1:12).
You are not a mistake.
God gave the right for you to be a child of God, by grace alone. Our reception is by receiving and believing. See also 1 Peter 2:9.
You are loved by God (Romans 8:35-39). In fact, we are so loved that suffering does not separate us from God. If anything, suffering actually leads us closer to Him.
You are chosen by God (Ephesians 1:4-6).
You are forgiven and your debt of sin is cancelled (Col 2:13-14).
Image source: By Ben Steed, linked from Heartlight, http://www.heartlight.org
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