You and I are His

We love to belong, do we not? It's great to belong to a club, a group, or a fitness center. The feeling of belonging is humanly natural. I was reminded again this morning when reading Psalms 100 that I am His. That no matter if I never belong to anything else, I belong to God. “Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us and we are his.”  I also was created not for myself but for Him, all for Him. I wonder what my life would look like if I would just remember that every moment and through every circumstance whether trail or triumph. About a year ago, I was given a book in which I read mostly in the car while waiting to pick Madison up from school.  I had to wait a good 30-45 minutes so plenty of time to dive right in to a good one.  It was Watchman Nee’s book “A Normal Christian Life”. What he talked about is something that we all have heard and as believers we know. I know that I am God’s child and that He loves me and He died on the cross for my sins but in those days of reading, God revealed to me what it truly meant about being His and His alone.  Nee talks of steps in the path of progress, and one of these steps are title “Knowing this…” He states “it is not just knowing something about the truth nor understanding some important doctrine. It is not an intellectual knowledge at all, but an opening of the eyes of the heart to see what we have in Christ.” I know God opened my eyes to something I thought I knew. It seems simple but God knew I needed a deeper level of wisdom and confirmation on how much I belonged to Him. I struggle, and I know I am not alone in this, with the concept of “what will people think.” I become too fearful and worry about what others think that it stops me dead in my tracks. I needed to know more than ever that I do not belong to this world or the people of this world but I am His own, period.  I was having a lunch with a friend recently and we touched on the subject of our children finding their niche in life. It reminded us both that even as adults we battle over what or who we are and where our place is. As mothers, if we work, we feel guilty leaving the children and the house. If we stay home, we feel guilty for not having a job outside the home. I learned the hard way that God created me to be me and he has a place for me and that is to simply love and serve him no matter where he puts me. In the world’s eyes, our “jobs” may not be equal to some but in God’s eyes he does not look upon what position you hold or what you do. God asks us of one thing “that you pour out all you have, your very self unto” this world….just kidding...”unto HIM; and if that should be all he allows you to do, that is enough.” Where was this statement when I was struggling to find who I was! How simple and yet so deeply profound that we know we are God’s child and no one else’s.  May you know today, without any doubt who you belong to and know that as God’s child you were created for Him and only Him.  Colossians 1:16b “….all things were created by Him and for Him.”