The world will do its best to tell you who you are.
The world will tell you that you’re not beautiful enough, that you’re not confident, that you’re not smart, that you’re not brave, that you’re not capable, or even loved. Listening to what the world calls you instead of what God calls you can lead to a life full of fear, anxiety, defeat and self-deprecation.
When I’ve found myself feeling beat down, I had to take a step back and reflect on where I’m finding my identity. In the world? Or in Jesus?
The Bible tells us that once we are saved in Christ, we become a new creature. 2 Corinthians 5:17
A new creature. A new creation. When we accept Jesus into our hearts, our old selves die and our new self comes alive. There is no reason to believe who the world says we are anymore because once we are with God, His Word is the only things that matters. His Truth is the only thing that matters. Every word written in the Bible was lived and breathed by God, and it is our truth that we need to cling to when the world comes at us.
Anne Wilson says it best in her new song, “Hey Girl“:
“Letting everybody and their mother try to tell you what you’re worth,
Oh, what you’re worth.
When did you forget that the one who made you told you what you’re worth?”
Anne Wilson in “Hey Girl”
So sis, when did you forget that THE ONE WHO MADE YOU, tells you what you’re worth?
The world or even the voices inside your head can tell you who you are, or you can listen to who GOD SAYS YOU ARE. It’s time to start living like the woman that God calls you to be. To know these things, we have to look to scripture to know what it is that He calls us.
Below are some of the amazing names God calls you, and names that you have received because you are in Christ. Read over them, meditate on them, pray over them and live your life holding on to this truth.
7 Beautiful Names the Lord Calls You
1. His Masterpiece
“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” Ephesians 2:10
2. Upheld
“Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never allow the righteous to be shaken.” Psalm 55:22
3. Loved
“Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: Because of you we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered. No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” Romans 8:35-37
4. Daughter
“And I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.” 2 Corinthians 6:18
5. Chosen
“For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.” Ephesians 1:4
6. New
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17
7. Redeemed
“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.” Ephesians 1:7
My prayer for you today:
Lord, thank you for grace and mercy. Thank you for making us new. I pray for the person reading this today, and that they will take in the names that you call them and remember those names above all other names. I pray that they will take in less of the world and more of you. Whatever it is on their hearts today, I pray that You would know their needs and fill their heart with your Spirit.
Amen
Do you know any other names God calls us? Share with us in the comments below!
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