Church of God Mission International – Above Only Daily Devotional By ARCHBISHOP M. E. BENSON IDAHOSA 26 August  2024 | Topic: DON’T LOSE YOUR IDENTITY (1)

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ABOVE ONLY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

BY ARCHBISHOP M. E. BENSON IDAHOSA

MONDAY, AUGUST 26TH 2024

DON’T LOSE YOUR IDENTITY (1)

Daniel 1:3, 7 (LB)
“Then he ordered Ashpenaz, who was in charge of his palace personnel, to select some of the Jewish youths brought back as captives… *However, their superintendent gave them Babylonian names, as follows: Daniel was called Belteshazzar; Hananiah was called Shadrach; Mishael was called Meshach; Azariah was called Abednego.”

Did you know that Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were not the original names of Daniel’s friends? These names were given to them in Babylon. The good news is that even though their names were changed by men, they did not lose their true identities as children of God.

One of the ways the world tries to conform you, or squeeze you into its mould and limit you, is by judging you with certain human standards and calling you certain names. When Jesus was manifesting the wisdom and power of God, the people of his hometown got offended and said “Is this not the carpenter’s son? Don’t we know his mother, brothers and sisters?” (Mark 6:3). The Bible says, “No longer, then, do we judge anyone by human standards. Even if at one time we judged Christ according to human standards, we no longer do so. Anyone who is joined to Christ is a new being; the old is gone, the new has come.”

As a new creature, your identity and realities have changed. Right now, it would be best if you rediscovered yourself. You need to know yourself in Christ – with the help of the Spirit. Flesh and blood cannot perfectly discern your true identity, (Matt.16:16-17). Just as people did not know Jesus’ true identity when He was on the earth, they also do not know our true identity right now, (1 John 3:1).

P R A Y E R :
Father, please help me by your Spirit to always know and hold on to the new identity you have given me in Christ.

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