We hear a lot about identity and self-worth these days. People are searching for meaning and validation. We are wired that way. We want to think that our lives matter.
Most often we turn to other people for that validation and it is natural to think that we can find worth in what others think about us. The problem is, even the best people are inherently selfish. Even with best intentions, we will eventually let one another down. So to put our trust in what others think of us as a basis for our own identity and worth is trust misplaced.
The author of 1 John reminds us of something very important in chapter 3 verse 1. Let his words filter down to your deepest self today:
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
We find identity not in what other people think of us but in knowing that as believers in Jesus Christ, we are God’s children! Praise God for this truth – this life-giving truth!
Be blessed today!
Clay in the Hands 
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