Challenge Of Identity

Joshua 17:14-15
When men ask ‘who are you?’ A fear surges if you are fake.

Lesson: The first identity a person or system will give is its name. The name is a vital part of a man or system but it’s not really his/its face. The dressing may also be used for an address but the name is a very powerful tool for identity.

In the sharing of lots to the Israel tribes, then the children of Joseph approached Joshua saying, “you have given us only a lot to share since we are a great people…” So Joshua answered them, “if you are a great people, go up to the forest of the Perizzites and the giants and clear it for yourself!” What a challenge of identity. They indeed were great people in mass and tribe, a two in one tribe. Their way of approach gave them an astonish answer. The Israelis who in the first place feared the giants are now to face them for a possession. They (Joseph) sure did and overtook the forests. They proved their identity.

The Christian identity is yet to be proved in many. The world is still in search of true Christians. The truth is missing in us. We have journalists who go to persecuted places and at the point of their death would confess their back on Christ, but on the moment of release, would repent again. That’s not Christianity. Trust, truth, dedication, deadness to the world, I mean hatred for the world is dead in us.

FOCUS TODAY: If the world cannot find Christians to be true, how will Christ find us (at the blast)?  #fact #focustoday