If then you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, thus sharing His resurrection from the dead], aim at and seek the [rich, eternal treasures] that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth. For [as far as this world is concerned] you have died, and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, Who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in [the splendor of His] glory.
Colossians 3:1-4
Y’know what I SO love about this little passage of the Scripture—all I have to do is set my mind (and keep it set!) to seek ‘things above!’ All the rest is God’s job!
• being raised with Christ
• having a new, real life
• being hidden in Christ
• Christ’s return
• appearing with Him
Here we are, friends,…we have now entered into Part 2: Your Life IS Christ! As Mrs. Myers writes on page 61, “…as we let God lovingly invade our lives through our faith in Christ, He provides what is essentially a new album…we relate to God as our Father, He fills our new album with images that give unshakable support of our sense of identity.” Images like these:
Ok, show of hands here (actually, please leave a comment below or a ‘like’ in our study group!): who of you wants a new album filled with God’s images of our identity? Oh…I do! These images will reflect that ‘I AM who God says I am!’ No doubt! One could fill journal after journal with these Truths.
Kim and I would love to encourage you to design your own inner identity album page today that does just that! If God is showing us His images of us, we no longer should be finding our identity through status, or performance, or our physical appearance.
Oh! Kim has something to share, AND her inner identity album page, too…
I love what Mrs. Meyers reminds us of on page 61. That our status is important ONLY as it gives opportunity to glorify God and serve others…Our actions become a way of giving love rather than trying to earn an ego-building response from other people. We no longer need to depend on how people respond to us and we escape from evaluating ourselves in the mirror of human approval. Ladies, it isn’t about us…It is ALL about Him! The enemy would love to render us ineffective by making us think we are not worthy. But because of Jesus we have been redeemed, bought with a price—and that makes us royalty, princesses, daughters of the King! I want to encourage each of you to do a page like this (below) as a reminder of just how much the Father loves you and who you are in HIM. The key here is in Him. Apart from Him we can do nothing!!!!
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
a people belonging to God,
that you may declare the praises of Him who called you
out of darkness into his wonderful light.
1 Peter 2:9
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may we pray just a portion of Mrs. Meyers prayer over you?
“Father, I’m so glad for the beautiful portrait in Your Word of who I am in Christ. Thank You for revealing these Truths—Truths which we humans so desperately need. I celebrate the fact that I never again need to rely on my appearance, my performance, or my status to define who I am. I invite You to lovingly invade all my thinking about myself. Expose further ways in which I’m holding on to what is deceptive and inadequate, and encourage me to cling to the exciting Truths You have revealed—Truths that confirm who I really am in Your sight.” We pray and ask these things in Jesus’ name. Amen.
