Remember who you are!

There is a scene in the Lion King where Rafiki (some type of monkey) takes Simba to a pond and tells him he will see his father.  At first Simba only sees his reflection and then his father appears and tells Simba "you have forgotten me."  Simba replies, "NO, how could I."  His father replies, "You have forgotten who you are and so you have forgotten me.  Look inside yourself.  Simba.  You are more than you have become.  You must take your place in the Circle of life."  

Please don't think that I'm crazy!  I am not endorsing talking to the dead or New Age theology!  However, for the Child of God there is some strong medicine in those beautiful words.  
Remember what God said in Genesis chapter 1?

“Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.” So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:26–27)

This is not only true of the child of God, those twice born, but it is true of every human on the planet...every human was created in the image of God.  The call to everyone is "Remember who you are" return to the one who created you and repent and be born again.
The Gospel of John opens with the parallel account of creation with these beautiful words...“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1)  John goes on to tell us that though He, Jesus, created the world, the world did not know Him.  John then tells us that He came to His own, the Jewish people, and His own did not receive Him and then we behold the glorious good new that Jesus came to save whosoever will receive Him and believe in His name!

“But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.” (John 1:12–13)  

When we repent of our rebellion, turn to Jesus with a child-like faith, He saves us!  In a moment we remember who we are and whose we are and we turn and run to our creator, savior and now Father. 

“so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people.” (Philippians 2:15)
“See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him. Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.” (1 John 3:1–2)  

"You are more than you have become."  “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.” (Rom 8:14)  "You are more than you have become."  “For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.” (Rom 8:16)  "You are more than you have become." 

Unfortunately we, God's children, so often live bound in the darkness of our past instead of living in the light of who we are in Christ!  We are His children, we are His heirs, we are joint heirs with Christ.  Child of God remember who you are, you are more than you have become!  On that glorious day when Christ appears we shall see Him as He is and we will be like Him!
Pursuing Him together!
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