Identity

Bungee jumpers are not afraid. It's incredible. They don't jump of bridges because they are confident they can fly. They do not fear because they believe, wholeheartedly, that the bungee chord is sufficientn. Bungee Jumpers are not dismayed, they are bold and assisted, they are upheld by the power of the chord. Bungee jumpers are NOT afraid to throw their vulnerable bodies off of bridges because they have faith in the chord.

Bungee jumpers are not afraid. AND they love it! They love being in the air, exposed to the full unrelenting power of gravity. Bungee jumpers love what so many other people fear - jumping of bridges. Bungee jumpers are really something different.

Some of us know about the power of the bungee chord but you're unlikely to see us jumping off bridges. Many people know someone that bungees but that's there business. Good for them. The rest of us prefer not to be vulnerable and not to rest our assurances on a bungee chord. Bungee jumpers are not afraid.

Well I am not afraid too. It's not because I am wonderfully brave but because I believe wholeheartedly in the Word of God. Isaiah 41:10 (NIV) So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Instead of bridges i jump off of lies (omissions) and hurtle towards the unrelenting truth. I am not a brave and confident man that i can handle the truth but I believe God will uphold me in His righteous hand.

Instead of bridges I jump off of my (way of doing things) identity, (i.e., 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 wickedness, sexually immoral, idolatry, adultery, homosexual acts, theft, greed, drunkenness, verbal abuse, swindling) into the identity, known as Child of God. I don't jump off of my identity because I am tired of being responsible. But because I believe His identity is better than mine. 

Why is his identity better than mine? Here's why... Jesus did Gods will. He is a child of God. We call Him the Son of God. He did our fathers will. That included praying for the salvation of the people the executed Him while they were doing it.

I know I am not better that those executioners. I have wished for the death of others for political reasons. When asked if I'd kill Hitler to prevent WW2 I used to say "yes." I would execute people that I find unsavoury the same way that the Jesus was executed for being unsavoury. 

I probably would have killed Jesus if I was the Roman soldier on execution duty that day. I would have taken some memorabilia too. 

I have fantasised to kill people that I find unforgivable. Meanwhile I support doing the unforgivable. I support killing, lying, theft, deception, sexual immorality, swindling... I'm a huge hypocrite. I would judge someone else in my own shoes, harshly for the crimes I myself have committed or supported. 

Nevertheless, because it is Gods will, Jesus forgives those that persecuted Him. People like me! People that I wouldn't forgive. My identity wouldn't forgive someone that beat me to death during te beating. I had a death list for years for children that bullied me in school. I wanted to kill myself from time to time for merely being "inadequate." I wanted to persecute people for their politics!

Jesus showed us how to follow the will of our Father in Heaven. 

Our Father's Will for my life (or a life like mine) is better than own will for my life (or a life like mine). So I follow Gods Will, His identity not mine. I am a Child of God.

I consume His identity by reading His word. By His grace, I do His Will fearlessly. I give him control to decide for me. His Will dictates my moral compass, which impacts my thoughts on:

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (NLT) Right and wrong doing, sex, idols, adultery, homosexuality, thief, greed, drunkenness, abuse, swindling etc.

Bungee jumpers don't judge the rest of us for not following them off the bridges but they do think that the rest of us have no idea what we are missing.