Finding Myself

Finding Myself

Bible: 1 John 2:28-3:3

Reading

We know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him,
for we shall see him as he is (V.2).

Who am I? That’s the question an old stuffed animal asks himself in the book Nothing. Left in a dusty corner of an attic, the animal hears people call him “nothing” and thinks that’s his name: Nothing. Meeting with other animals sparks memories. Nothing realises that he used to have a tail, whiskers and stripes. But it’s not until he meets a tabby cat who helps him find his way home that Nothing remembers who he truly is: a stuffed cat named Toby. His owner fixes him up, sewing on new ears, tail, whiskers and stripes. Whenever I read this book, I think about my own identity. Who am I? John, writing to Christians, said that God has called us His children (1 JOHN 3:1). We don’t fully understand that identity, but when we see Jesus, we will be like him (V.2). Just like Toby the cat, one day we will fully enjoy the identity we were meant to have as members of God’s family—which has been blurred by sin. For now, we can understand who we are in part, and we can recognise the image of God in each other. But one day, when we see Jesus, we will be perfect, not just looking like God’s children, but living like it too. We will be made new.

GOD RESCUED US AND MADE US HIS OWN.

                                      Youth Edition – Our Daily Bread Ministries