Who do you think you are?

A friend messaged me last night and it really encouraged me. As I read it I was reminded of a revelation God gave me some time ago and I feel stirred to write about it.

Some time back I was reading where Andrew brought Simon to meet Jesus. It says in John 1:42 ‘Looking intently at Simon, Jesus said, “Your name is Simon, son of John…but you will be called Cephas which means Peter’

God showed me in that moment that we are all sons or daughters of someone, we all have a natural descent, a family line but when Jesus looks at us he sees who we truly are, who He has made us to be and He calls us by our name and calls out our destiny. I remember it was such a powerful and intimate moment as I realised when my Father looks at me he sees all the promise and destiny he wrote and sang over me before I was even born.

My friend wrote… I remember an occasion where you were meeting and greeting at the church and you stepped up and prayed for me to have words of knowledge for my clients. I remember thinking…”Oh no, that’s not me!! ha ha!! However now I seek and love the Holy Spirit prompts he gives me to pray for my clients.

Whilst my friend was looking at her inadequacies the Father was looking at her adequacy in Christ. We often look at our imperfections whilst all the time the Father is looking at our perfection. He doesn’t see how I am now but he sees me according to my destiny

When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon who was threshing wheat to keep it away from the Midianite enemies he said to Gideon, "The Lord is with you mighty warrior, go in the strength you have and save Israel out of the Midianite’s hand". Gideon’s response was "Pardon me, my Lord but how can I save Israel, my clan is the weakest and I am the least in my family". He was looking at where he had come from instead of who God said he was and that God was always with him.

It’s time to give up the small version of ourselves and believe and step into the Christ version of who we really are.