I recently had a life changing Bible study with the ladies of our church. We discussed the power of labels and how people have used them to describe, classify, and/or identify others and themselves.
People are constantly sticking labels on us: too short, too tall, too old, too fat, too smart, too pretty, and the list goes on and on. We even stick some ugly labels to ourselves: ugly, looser, not good enough, damaged, trash, dirty, and sadly this list as well, goes on and on and on.
These labels are not what God says about us, but we wear them like they're the truth, limiting the work the Holy Spirit wants to do in our lives. Is possible that these labels described a moment in our history; a mistake, a bad decision, a negative event, but they don’t define us… God does!
When in repentance and surrender we come to the arms of our Heavenly Father, He replaces every negative, ugly, and inaccurate label with a new identity. That identity is found in Christ. We are re-classified by the words of the One that can transform a broken soul to a new creature. Now we are labeled as God sees us…
- Forgiven - Ephesians 1:7
- God’s Child - 1 Peter 1:23
- A New Creature - 2 Corinthians 5:17
- The Temple Of The Holy Spirit - 1 Corinthians 6:19
- Delivered From The Power Of Darkness - Colossians 1:13
- Redeemed From The Curse Of The Law - Galatians 3:13
- Strong In The Lord - Ephesians 6:10
- Holy And Without Blame Before Him - Ephesians 1:4
- Accepted In Christ - Ephesians 1:6
- Blessed - Deuteronomy 28:1-4
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 2 Corinthians 2:17 NLT
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