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Discipleship Focus: Identity
- 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.
Psalm 133
is about unity. But it is not about keeping
the peace. We are to be united. But we are to be united in God. God’s followers should be united in mind and
spirit because we are following God. In
a nutshell, if our identity is truly in God, we should not have any difficulty
being united with another follower of God.
Unity in Christ starts with identity in Christ.
Psalm 134
is all about the worship of God. But if
we remember this psalm’s position in the book of Psalms we can see how this
fits into the idea of identity. Psalm
134 is the last of the Psalms of Assent.
This means that it was either the last psalm that a spiritual pilgrim
would say as they approached Jerusalem or else it was the last psalm a person
would say as they climbed the last step of the temple in Jerusalem. In either case, this psalm would focus the
person upon God right before they came into His presence. This shows us what our focus should be as we
go through life. Our lasting thought should
be about God. Our final moment of
preparation should draw our attention to God.
That is our identity.
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