A Name Love Gives
3 min read · Identity
1 John 3:1
See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.
Many names compete to define us: successful, disappointing, useful, overlooked. John begins somewhere deeper. God's love gives his people the name children of God. This identity is received, not achieved. Let it loosen the power of any label built only from performance or another person's judgment. You belong before you prove anything today.
Today’s prayer
Loving Father, root my identity in the love you have given. Help me live as your child, secure enough to love others freely. Amen.
