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A New Belonging
We are his people!
Know that the LORD is God—he made us; we belong to him.
We are his people, the sheep of his own pasture.
I’ll never forget my first high school football game.
As a member of the Wolfpack, I was privileged to wear a red jersey uniform with a white number 21 emblazoned upon it.
I can vividly remember gathering for the first time with my team as we paraded into Field for the start of the game.
As I walked alongside my magenta-clad teammates, I felt as if I belonged.
It was a marvelous feeling.
reminds us that we belong to God.
WE are His people ---- thnink about that!
The Hebrew original of the last phrase can be literally translated, “we are his.”
The next part of the verse reinforces this truth by adding, “We are his people, the sheep of his own pasture.”
Thus, we belong to God because he made us to be his very own people.
He continues to watch over us as our good shepherd.
What difference does it make that we belong to God?
This simple truth can transform our lives.
It can give us profound reassurance of our self-worth.
We matter because we belong to the Creator of the universe.
The fact that we belong to God also gives order to our lives.
We are first and foremost God’s people.
All of our other roles in life must be seen in the light of this primary reality that we belong to God!
You may be a lawyer or manager or teacher, but you are first of all one of God’s people.
You may be a father or a mother or a friend, but you are first of all one of God’s people.
How you live in each of these other roles will be shaped by your primary relationship to God as someone who belongs to him.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, how good to remember that I belong to you.
It’s so easy for me to think of myself primarily in terms of other kinds of belonging: I belong in my family; I belong among my colleagues at work; I belong to my church.
All of these are true, of course.
Yet, today I’m reminded that the primary, defining, transformational belonging of my life is simply this: I belong to you!
Thank you, dear Lord, for this truth.
Thank you for claiming me in your grace.
Thank you for reaching out to me in Jesus Christ.
Thank you for the fact that nothing in all creation can separate me from your love.
May I live today as if I belong to you.
May I live in the freedom of your grace, seeking to give delight to you in all that I do.
Amen.
The good news of the Gospel is that nothing can ultimately keep us away from God
In our previous message we began this series...
Asking what is the significance of being a Christian
Belonging To The Lord INTRODUCTION
What it it that makes a Christian?
We are born from above or reborn
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