Growing up, my biological father was absent from my life for a time. So my heart ached to know deep down:
Who am I? And more importantly, Whose am I?
Likewise, have you ever struggled with questions about identity and belonging?
Identity and Belonging: Never Separated
When I came to know Christ as Lord and Savior at sixteen, I began a new life in Christ with a brand new father, my heavenly Father.
And God, the Father, not only wants us to rest in who we are in Him, but to also find our security in whose we are, we belong to Him.
Because at our very core, who we are and whose we are can never be separated.
So let’s look at 21 powerful declarations to connect who we are and whose we are.
Identity: God Knows My Name
(1.) My heavenly Father never goes missing from my life. “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5b (ESV)
(2.) God knows my name. (Isaiah 43:1)
(3.) My heavenly Father is intimately acquainted with everything about me. “You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.” Psalm 139:3 (ESV)
(4.) God, the Father, adopted me into His family. No longer a spiritual orphan, I now belong. (Galatians 4:5-7)
(5.) The Lord loves and cares for me. (Ephesians 3:18-19, Psalm 23)
Belonging: The Lord Fights For Me
(6.) My heavenly Father calls me beloved, child, saint, blessed, and His. (Romans 1:7, John 1:12)
(7.) God, the Father, delights in me. “He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.” Psalm 18:19 (ESV)
(8.) The Lord fights for me. (Exodus 14:14)
(9.) My heavenly Father watches over me. (Psalm 121:5-8)
(10.) God has desires and plans for me. (Ephesians 2:10, Proverbs 3:5-6)
Identity and Belonging: The Father Counsels Me
(11.) My heavenly Father guides me. (Psalm 37:23)
(12.) God, the Father, counsels me. “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.” Psalm 32:8 (ESV)
(13.) The Lord shows mercy to me. (Psalm 51:11)
(14.) My heavenly Father disciplines me for my good and His glory. (Hebrews 12:6)
(15.) The Lord has my best interest at heart. (Psalm 84:11)
Declarations: The Lord Listens to Me
(16.) My heavenly Father rejoices and sings over me. (Zephaniah 3:17)
(17.) My heavenly Father extends unending grace to me. “And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.” John 1:16 (ESV)
(18.) The Lord continually pursues a relationship with me. (Ezekiel 34:11, Luke 15:4-7)
(19.) God, the Father, thinks about me. (Psalm 139:17)
(20.) The Lord listens to me. “Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 20:12-13 (NIV)
(21.) My heavenly Father heals me emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually. (1 Peter 2:24, Psalm 147:3. Psalm 30:2)