Know Who You Are

Did Joseph know about Jesus? Did he know about sons of God? Did he know about the Church that would become the Bride? No, but he knew he was under covenant with God. Jacob had told his sons what his grandfather and father had told him concerning Abraham's Covenant with God. His covenant response was to hold God in high esteem and know that he had a covenant Friend on Whom he could rely. The testing he endured with this knowledge gave him his covenant identity. He refused the identity Satan tried to give him. He refused the "victim" identity.

The question came to me this morning, 'do we know who we are?', and with that, I began to wonder how many know Jesus, know sonship, know that we are His Bride. That knowledge is our identity. It allows us to hold our head high even in the hardest testing. It will allow us to shine when the world despises us and belittles our "religion" as a crutch. Our own identity with Jesus is a light that shines in the darkness. We know who we are because we know Who He is!

I have had so many people tell me they do not know how to pray. I realize they do not have a relationship with God that causes prayer to be a way of life. I love to be with my husband, to talk to him and listen to him. We have a relationship. In that same way I love to talk to Jesus, chat with Him and listen to Him. We have a relationship. I talk to and listen to the Holy Spirit and let Him know how much I appreciate Him. I talk to the Father and love to listen to Him for I am His child. I am a Christian to the world, but I am a friend of God, and that covenant relationship is my identity.