Daily Devotional: Tuesday, September 3 – Remember Who You Are

“Additional, my brothers and sisters, rejoice within the Lord! It’s no hassle for me to put in writing the identical issues to you once more, and it’s a safeguard for you.” — Philippians 3:1

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Athletes typically hear it stated, “You might be solely pretty much as good as your final efficiency.” Sadly, many purchase into this and imagine their complete identification is predicated solely on how they carry out as an athlete. Some pay a excessive value for believing this and should endure from melancholy, get into medicine to manage, or make decisions that negatively influence their life and the lives of these they love. It’s simple to get caught up within the hype of sports activities and neglect that our actual identification is present in Jesus.

God inspired the Israelites to recollect all He had executed for them once they doubted themselves and their conditions (1 Chronicles 16:12). In Joshua 4, they stacked stones as a visible reminder of what God had executed. Paul instructed the Philippians that rejoicing within the Lord typically and over once more was a safeguard for his or her religion (Philippians 3:1, above).

We, too, want to recollect. We have to keep in mind who we’re in Christ. The Bible tells us we’re God’s kids, chosen, adopted, His workmanship, safe, by no means alone, victorious, let out, a brand new creation. The checklist is nearly limitless.

Our sporting life has an expiration date. It is going to finish. If our identification is merely primarily based on who we’re as an athlete, we are going to wrestle. But when we’re assured in who we’re in Christ, we will navigate that chapter of our life in wholesome methods.

Get pleasure from your athletic or skilled profession, however don’t enable it to outline you. Bear in mind who you’re in Christ.

— Karen Zando, Orlando Delight workforce chaplain

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