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Discipleship Focus: Identity, Authority
- Identity: Our true identity comes from the Father. Only when our identity comes from God can we be obedient in ways that satisfy our person to our core.
- Authority: Our calling. This comes from God as king. Because He calls us as His representatives, He gives us authority to go and do His will.
In this chapter of Exodus we begin with a beautiful statement of
calling. God tells Moses that He has
enabled craftsmen within the community to accomplish what He has set before
Moses. When God plans, God equips so
that His plans may come to fruition.
This is really a neat example of both identity and power. When God equips us, He is giving us
identity. When we are equipped by His
hand, we will find both success and satisfaction. We live out of our identity from the Father
and suddenly life feels full. The secret
to identity is not looking to our own desires but instead to the Father and His
desire for us.
However, there is more to God’s equipping than identity. There is also authority. When God equips us, the King desires for us
to go forth and accomplish His will. He
desires for us to be His representative into the world. He equips us so that we can act out of His
authority that He has given to us. God
doesn’t just want us to know who we are; He wants us to have the authority to
live it out.
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