Monday Morning Perspective

I thought it would be a good time to get back to this since we started a new series yesterday at Fairview. I'm so excited about it because I think it can be life changing if we will let it.  We started a study in Ephesians under the title of Identity Crisis, Who Am I?  The reason I think this can be a life changer is because so many times the decisions we make in life boil down to how we see ourselves.  Our thought life revolves around how we see ourselves and most people act our of what they truly believe.  And I believe that if we see ourselves as Christ sees us, it will make all the difference in the world in how we treat others, how we make decisions, and how we live our life.  Ok, so that's my introduction.  Now for my husband's series introduction...
Identity always comes before activity.  We see that in Ephesians as the beginning deals with our identity in Christ and then we get to our activity.  Who does God say we are?  We allow others to identify us and oftentimes we don't even have an accurate view in our own minds of who we are.  Paul tells us that if we are in Christ, we are saints.  That has everything to do with our position not our morality.  I love how Eddie stressed that when we meet Jesus EVERYTHING CHANGES!!  Yes, He changes everything.  Forget the past and move on.  Noone has a past worse than Paul's yet Paul says forget what is behind and move on because Jesus is a life changer.
Too many of us have listened to the wrong voices for too long.  We've listened to what Satan and our peers have said about us and the only voice and opinion that truly matters is God's voice and He says that we are saints if we are in Christ.  It's time to tune all of the other voices out and press in to hear God's voice!!