The next part of knowing who God has created me to be and learning to rest secure in this identity is finding out how God sees me. When I understand God's identity, and I learn that I can trust Him and His Word, then when I read about how He feels about me...it means so much more. See I want and need to know that I am known fully by my Creator and that even knowing all that He knows about me....He still loves me and wants me for His own.
Now this is what the LORD says--He who created you...He who formed you:
Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are Mine.
When you pass through the waters I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.
For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior...
Since you are precious and honored in my sight and because I LOVE YOU,
I will give [Jesus] in exchange for you... Do not be afraid for I am with you....
Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth--everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.
Isaiah 43:1-7
When I can see myself through God's eyes, I realize my value and I realize my calling and that God has a unique identity for me. If I'm driven to do more than my calling, then I'm not being the me God designed. If in fear I do less than my calling, I miss out on the adventure of being me. - Pam Farrel A Woman God Can Use
God knows me inside and out because He created me. I love that. After many moves and being an introvert thrown into meeting new people for so long, it's so nice to have friends who just know me. One of my greatest compliments ever came from a dear friend who knows me well... "I get you." What a relief! She gets me and still loves me. That's huge in my world. So for God to fully get me and still love me fully knowing the ins and outs of me....That's huge in my universe.
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place,
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
Psalm 139:13-18
No matter what happens I'm His. He made me. He has my name written in the Lamb's book of Life in heaven. I've often wondered if it would be my maiden name, or my married name. See I have a cousin with my same name....first and last, so I wondered how God would distinguish us. I also thought once I got married that there had to be quite a few Sally's with the same last name, since it's so common. Once I read Revelation though, I learned that there's a special name Jesus has waiting for me in heaven. I'll see Him face to face and He'll say my name. It's not the name you know me by or anyone else knows me by. It's so special that when I hear it, I'll get it. I mean I'll truly understand. It will define me...my spirit and my soul. It will sum me up in God's own special way. It will tell the story of how I was created down to my last breath. I'll finally get it. It will be WHO I AM. Who He has been creating me to be all this time. I will be forever and completely free from this question: Who am I?
I will also give to each one who wins the victory a white stone with a new name written on it. No one knows this new name except the one who receives it. Revelation 2:17
Who Am I? ...I am His.
I can rest secure, knowing that I'm walking in His truth, His love and His identity already laid out for me in heaven.
Long before He laid the earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of His love, to made whole and holy by His love. Ephesians 1:4 MSG
