Devotion for Monday, November 10, 2025

“Then His mother and His brothers arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him.  A crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You” (Mark 3:31-32).

We are born in a time and place.  We are born into a family.  There is deep connection with this world.  Some see their identity in family.  Others in position or status.  Others still make up their own idea of what their identity is.  Who are you?  You are a child of the Most High God, created in His image, made with great purpose, born in a fallen world, but offered redemption through God’s only-begotten Son who showed up in time and place.

Lord, the world tells me to choose my identity.  It is telling me all kinds of things.  If my skin is one color, it tells me that my identity is tied to that.  I am told that my identity is tied to my age, financial status, circumstances, or lineage.  I have bought into these lies and sometime espoused them.  Open my eyes to see that You have offered me an eternal identity in You by grace and through faith.

Lord Jesus, You were alone in the world because You spoke and declared that our identity is in the legitimacy of our Heavenly Father.  You looked to Him alone and followed as He directed You.  Help me to see through the fog of this age in order to know that my identity is as a child of the One who created all things including me.  You are the Redeemer and You have cleared the way for my eternal identity.  Help me to live as one whom You have made me to be.  Amen.