1 John 3:1-3 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[a] we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3 All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
(KV 1 John 3:1)
In a world of 7.4 billion people there is constant feelings of insecurity, loneliness, and hatred. It is only through God’s love that we experience the fullness and wholeness of being loved. John clearly states that we are children of God; our identity is rooted in something deeper and better than anything that the world can offer. Though you may struggle to feel unaccepted or unloved by those around you, your hope is in coming savior.
These verses point us to answering the question of our identity. In being a child of God not everything may make sense in the moment or sometimes ever, but John encourages us to hold on, to purify ourselves simply because Christ is pure. When we take on our identity in Christ, we too strive to reflect his image. When Christ appears everything blurred and all the gray areas will be separated and cleared up.
Look around you at your fellow brothers and sisters, you are all greatly blessed with the great love the Father has lavished in your life, and continues to lavish on you.
Food for thought:
- If someone walked up to you on the street how would they identify you?
- How is your relationship with the Father? Do you seek him and hope to understand him? Is there something or someone stopping you from growing in your relationships with Him?
- What is one way you take on the image of Christ and one way you can hope to take on the image of Christ?
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