A few years ago I was given a user name and password by the Humble Independent School District. Of course as many of you know, the purpose of this is to gain access into the system that gives us information on our children. Their grades, schedules, report cards and other information.
Today, as I entered the words that identify me, I realized that after this year, I will no longer need them. Those words will be useless to me and anyone else. They are merely to identify me now...for this day and time. When my son leaves that school, that means of identification will mean nothing.
In life we all have some type of identification assigned to us. Whether its a driver license, school ID, medical insurance card or something else, and each of them is necessary. How would we drive with no license? How would we prove who we are? How could we recover damages on our vehicles or home or gain access to medical attention without such identification?
The issue with each of these is that they are not eternal. One day they will each end. We may drop coverage, stop driving or leave school. No one will care how we were identified and you know why? Because the burden is on you! It's up to you to prove who you are, and while we're talking about identification, let me ask "what about your identity? Who do you represent? What do you stand for?
I recall the bottom falling out of my world several years ago and me having to take a stand. I specifically remember saying "My identity is not in that, my identity is in Jesus Christ." He requires no user name, no password...only a belief that He died for you and is your personal savior.
The day, known to no one, will come when Christ will return to carry His people home [Matthew 24:36]. You will not have to have an identification card, you will not need a user name or password, but you will have to be a child of the King.
That comes only with confessing your sin, believing in the Lord Jesus Christ and accepting Him as your personal savior. Then, your identity is in Christ....no other identification required!
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. This is how we know that we love the children of God; by loving God and carrying out his commands. 1 John 5:1-2
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