I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it. — Revelation 2:17
The movie, The Bourne Identity, opens with a man with gunshot wounds floating on the Mediterranean Sea. The crew of a fishing boat picks him up and nurses him back to health. He regains his strength, but has lost his memory. There are many things he can remember, like how to speak several languages. But he cannot remember who he is.
His only possession was a bank account number corresponding to a safety deposit box in a Swiss bank. He goes to the bank and discovers a passport with his photo on it bearing the name Jason Bourne. But, as he searches further, he finds a dozen other passports, each with his photo, but issued by different countries, each giving him a different identity.
He spends the rest of the movie trying to figure out who he really is. [By the way, I’m not recommending The Bourne Identity as the perfect family movie. I only bring it up because it illustrates a point.]
In a way, Bourne’s problem is our problem. We have forgotten who we really are, and spend most of our lives trying to deal with that problem.
I would like to spend the next few days looking at three of our identities:
1. The identity we give ourselves.
2. The identity we were given by a fallen world.
3. The identity we are given by God.
The good news is this: Once God shows us who we really are, we are able to approach any problem from a position of strength.
Be encouraged!
Dwight
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