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Passion 2012 (Post #3 - Remember)

"For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Ephesians 2:10


"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of the darkness into His wonderful light."
1 Peter 2:9

#3. Remember

Of all the reminders I received from the Lord at Passion 2012, I think the sweetest, gentlest, most loving of those was to remember who I am and who I belong to. Ephesians 2:10 says that "we are God's handiwork." Some versions say we are His workmanship or masterpiece. The Greek for "handiwork" even suggests a work of art. Sit in that for a moment. We are God's MASTERPIECE! Of all the wonderful things the Lord simply spoke into existence, He chose to hand craft each and every one of us.

My community group leader, Brad Horton, emphasized to us that the perspective we have of who we are will dictate our practices. The way we behave is completely reflective of what we believe about ourselves. If we believe we are priceless, hand crafted treasures, we will behave as such. We are "fearfully and wonderfully made" (Psalm 139:14), and our God loves us with an unfathomable intensity. 1 Peter 2:9-12 says that I am chosen. We are chosen. The only person who can define us is the one who created us. We cannot let the voice of the enemy tell us who we are. When we become obsessed with the voice of the enemy, we can't even hear the voice of God anymore. God is the only person who can define us, and once we are in Christ, our regrets, our baggage, our mistakes, and our insecurities have no power. God doesn't look at us and see our dents. He looks at us and sees perfection. Believing that is living in freedom.

Brad Horton also reminded us that Jesus did not just come to make us better people. He came to give us life. In him, we have been made alive! That is who we are. That is the inheritance that we get to claim. There is no way to remember that and not be absolutely overjoyed. It makes me want to jump and dance and sing just thinking about it!

In her message, Beth Moore emphasized that the only thing Jesus went to the cross for was people, and we are incapable of going unnoticed by God. He LOVES us. We are His masterpiece .

Remember who you are.


We are God's people, the chosen of the Lord,
Born of His Spirit, established by His Word;
Our cornerstone is Christ alone,
And strong in Him we stand:
O let us live transparently
And walk heart to heart and hand in hand.
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