“The Challenges We Face” (Part 1: Self-Identity)

There are two challenges being faced in this passage:

self-identity and peer pressure.

PART 1: SELF-IDENTITY

The moment we accept the Lord into our lives, we become children of God and find our true identity in Him.

Despite what others have to say about you and who you are, trust in who God has created and called you to be.

When Jesus was before Pilate, even HE had to face this challenge of staying true to His identity; when everyone denied who He really is and made accusations against Him, He remained silent (Matt. 27:13-14).

Silence.

This is something that plays a huge role when dealing with others who try to denounce who you have already been called to be.

Through the many silent moments of Jesus, He was falsely accused to the point of reaching the cross, where He died; and what all those people who were ridiculing Him didn’t know is that God always has the final Word.

Three days later, after all that silence and no action, Jesus rose from the dead and clearly assured everyone who kept saying otherwise that He truly IS the Son of God!

In the same way, God has the power of revealing to our own naysayers that we are His children; because of Him, we have been called to be great and nothing short of that, no matter what others have to say.

At the end of the day, THEY will be the ones to be left silent and jaw-dropped when seeing all that God is doing in our lives (Psalm 8:2b).

[Passage found in Matthew 27:11-26]