Relationship: 3 Things Your Children Should Know About Gender Identity

You are the sun, shining down light on everyone . . . I am the moon with no light of my own," singer and songwriter Sara Groves croons to the God of the Universe in her song "You Are the Sun." She calls herself a "cold, dark, stone." And so we are.

You illuminate who God is when you embrace the role of womanhood.

And yet, take a walk on the night of a full moon in all its brilliant glory. Better yet, take your kids for a walk, and present to them the world's largest object lesson. As you look to the sky, remind them that the moon is just a cold, dark stone with no light of its own. Yet, it makes the sun known by "glorifying" it. Theology even a five year old can grasp. And well they should in light of the gender revolution I mentioned in yesterday's blog post. As promised, here are the three truths children must know about their bodies in order for moral truth to survive and for their faith to survive the gender revolution.

1. Your primary purpose is to glorify God.

God made you for Himself and has jealously protected His treasure by sacrificing His Son. It is this sacrifice that motivates us to glorify Him. And make no mistake, it takes our bodies to do this. "You were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body" (1 Cor. 6:20).

Our children do not need self-esteem. They need God-esteem. If they esteem God, they will understand their value, but not make too much of themselves. It's time to remember who gives light to this dark world, and to train our children that to glorify God is to make Him known and visible. This is our primary purpose—not a great career, not a family, not fame, not wealth—worshiping God.

2. Your primary practice must be to look like Him.

We do that best in His defined roles of maleness and femaleness. We find this truth solidly planted in Genesis. The pinnacle of God's design was Adam and Eve. One man. One woman. They were more than just a unique creation. They were a representation. "Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, in our likeness.' . . . So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them" (Gen. 1:26–27).

There are so many God-like qualities that humanity possesses. Why doesn't God mention the traits of being intelligent or worshipful or creative when He says we were created in His image? Why doesn't He commend our language proficiency or our ability to compose sonnets? Apparently these are not the things that make us most like a representation of God. It is our maleness and our femaleness that makes us like Him. This places authentic humanity and sexuality in the context of male and female distinctiveness. Our ability to look like Him mandates that we embrace those differences, not erase them.

3. Our bodies must be a living sacrifice to God.

In Romans, the apostle Paul also begs for us to lay down our own plans for our bodies, and to make them daily, living, breathing sacrifices to our purpose of glorifying God. This includes how we work, live, give, spend, and even who we have sex with, no matter what gender "preference" might be tempting to us. Those verses read: "I beg you to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect" (Rom. 12: 1–2).

Why did God make you a woman? Or a man?

Because you were created to contribute to humanity's purpose of glorifying and enjoying God, and God chose for you to do that as a woman. You illuminate who God is when you embrace the role of womanhood because it is in male and female distinctions that we are the image of God. And let's be honest, there will be times when this is a sacrifice for you. Obedience to God and now our own desires can be deeply painful.

Maybe even for you.

How are YOU called to sacrifice? Will you give of yourself (as Christ did), renew your mind, and become a discerning woman of God so that your body may be a beautiful living sacrifice? Will you prepare your children to be countercultural and worship God as opposed to worshiping self? source: charismamag.com

BE STILL

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. - Psalm 46:10

We live in a noisy world. Everyday and everywhere our lives are swallowed in noise.

From the start of the day, we are bombarded with noise from the radio, television, car horns blaring and the shouts of frustrated people rushing to work.

As the day wears on, the noise steadily increases. After a while, you adjust to all the noise and move on with your life without being aware of it. It isn't until you are able to move into a quiet place that you realize how loud the noise has been.

In the silence, everything seems to change. Your nerves calm down, your body relaxes and your mind becomes uncluttered.

Noise provides us with a place to hide, where we don't have to face ourselves. Heavy schedules block honest reflection and renewal.

The noise of our busy world keeps us from hearing the still small voice of our Lord. God comes to us in silence. We have lost the art of being still. Not just physical silence but silence at a higher level.

We hear His voice clearer when the noises of our own words are replaced with the power of His word.

We hear His voice when the sound of fear is replaced by the spirit of faith in our hearts. We hear His voice when the anxiety of the world is overshadowed by the breath of His presence.

Don't turn your life into a permanent rush, rush, rush. Take time to be still. Only through the still times in our lives can we hope for God to break through to help us make sense of our lives. Be still, and know that God is there.

Prayer: Lord, help me keep away the noise so I can hear Your voice.

Scripture Reading: Psalm 46:1-11

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LET GO YOUR DOUBTS

And He said to them, "Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts? - Luke 24:38

All of us struggle with doubt. We struggle with the promises of God when the going gets tough and the future seems uncertain.

Some of our doubts appear in moments of weakness and disappear, or during times of prayer.

Other doubts stay with us so long that they become a part of our lives. Over time, we become used to them and even fail to notice them anymore. Just because they are unnoticed, however, does not mean they do not impact us.

Crises have a way of revealing our uncertainties and adding to our emotional distress.

• Doubt impacts on our relationship with the Lord. Every relationship thrives on trust. We cannot have intimacy with God or please Him when we doubt what He says.

To benefit from our relationship with Him, we must trust what He says and have full confidence that He will honour His promises. Without sure belief, our relationship with God suffers.

• Doubt hinders our prayer life. It short-circuits our faith and renders our prayers weak and ineffective. If we believe God and do not doubt Him, we will have the privilege of experiencing His power to do things that are considered unattainable in the natural.
When we walk in faith; we open ourselves up to a life of miracles, signs and wonders.

• Doubt also hinders our service to God. How many of us have neglected to answer God's call because we questioned our ability?

How often have we hesitated to share the Gospel because we were unsure of having the right words?

Spend time feeding on the word of God and allow the Holy Spirit to reveal the surety of God's truth to you.

Prayer: I praise You O Lord, because Your word is my sure foundation.

Scripture Reading: Luke 24:36-43

HOME SICK

For I am hard pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. - Philippians 1:23

There is a story of a little dog named Jack, who was walking across the street one day and, tragically, was hit by a car.

His sad owners took Jack to some bush nearby and buried him. They were so grieved they would never see their precious little dog again.

But three days later, they heard some scratching at the gate. Much to their surprise, they found Jack at the gate. They could hardly believe their eyes. They opened the gate and let little him in.

He was covered with dirt but alive. It turns out their little dog wasn't dead after all. They had buried him alive, but the industrious little dog clawed his way out and found his way home.

There is no place like home. And it is important you keep in mind that there is a home waiting for every child of God, a future destination for all believers. It's called heaven.

We all need to long for heaven. Though we have never been there, we still have something God has built within us that gives us a certain homesickness, a desire to be there.

It is fascinating the way the apostle Paul put it when he said, "For I am hard pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ. . . . Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you" (Philippians 1:23-24).

God has put a homing instinct inside every man and woman, a sense that there is something more to life.

In fact, Ecclesiastes 3:11 says, "He has put eternity in their hearts." Because of this, we will never be fully content in this life. The Lord is preparing a glorious city for us.

Prayer: Thank You Lord, for making me a citizen of heaven.

Scripture Reading: Philippians 1:23

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SERVE YOUR WAY TO THE TOP

For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves. - Luke 22:27

Service is at the heart of every call of God. God does not call us to be bosses; He calls us to do His will by serving the people He places in our care. When we serve, we allow God to use what He has given us to touch other people's life.

The problem is, many of us have a negative, stereotypical image of what a servant is. We equate service with slavery and servitude.

We think the role of the servant is degrading and something that puts us down instead of it being something that lifts us up.

We associate servants with low achievers. As a result, when the Bible calls us to service, we immediately see it as a call to take a step downwards instead of a step upwards.

The reality is that to go up, we must go down. Before a tree shoots up, it has to have to go down with its roots. Without deep roots, a tree cannot go high enough and still remain standing.

A high-rise building must have deep foundations in order to go up high. The depth determines the heights. That is what service is all about.

When we serve, we build the foundation for the heights that God has called us to. Until we are ready to serve in humility, we cannot reach out to the high calling of God for our lives.

Many of us may never be able to reach the high calling of God for our lives because we are not ready to really serve with humility.
Prayer: Teach me O Lord, not to despise any service that You call me to offer.
Scripture Reading: Luke 22:24-30