A New I.D.

I take terrible Driver’s License pictures.

It makes me wish Driver’s Licenses had to be renewed every year—then maybe I’d get a better picture instead of being stuck with the one I have for the next 4 years.

Passports are even worse.

I was stuck with a Passport picture in which I still had hair for 9 years after I was a bald man.

These ID photos are visual reminders of who I used to be.

Sometimes, I just want a new (better) photo ID.

Quite a few Bible characters were given new ID’s and new names…

Old man Abram didn’t have any children. God promised him descendants and renamed him Abraham—which means “father of many”.

Simon was emotionally-charged, flighty, and impetuous. Jesus renamed him Peter—which means “rock”.

God wanted people to grasp the reality of their new ID so much that he even gave them new names.

Maybe you’ve been holding on to an old ID, the old you.

Perhaps the picture you have of yourself is the you from 4 years ago, or even 10 years ago.

I love this little line in the Message Bible: “Live out your God-created identity.” (Matthew 5.48)

It’s time for a new ID—a new picture of who you are and who you’re becoming.

It’s time for the new you!

http://made-new.com/