This past weekend, I had the privilege of spending time with our Adventist World Radio Ambassadors in Loma Linda, California. These dedicated men and women travel to churches across the United States sharing stories of the incredible things God is doing through Adventist World Radio right now. Our Ambassadors told us that one story that has really gotten people excited is that of Lily, our “secret weapon” working on the other side of the world. Her conversion story is a dramatic one, and I wanted to ensure you were able to watch it, because it showcases the creative ways in which God reaches people where they are. Watch this video and see how no one is unreachable with the Gospel. Lily is now working to bring even more people to Christ, so please continue to pray for her (and Adventist World Radio’s) ongoing outreach! Yours in the Blessed Hope, Duane McKey
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Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
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BUC Delegates Prepare for GC Session 2022
Eleven delegates drawn from the various entities of the British Union Conference (BUC) will be among those taking part in the 2022 General Conference Session in St Louis, Missouri, from 6-11 June. The GC Session was initially scheduled for June 2020 but was rescheduled twice because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The normally five-yearly Session of the Adventist world Church is the occasion for electing new leaders to the administration of the Church. Other significant business of the…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-05-27/1198/
News Briefs for May 26, 2022
News reports from Fiji, the Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy, Newbold College, Southern Adventist University, United Kingdom, Hot Potatoes, Anyone? The 2022 Bible Conference will be held this Friday, May 27, 2022, at Newbold College in England, at 7 p.m. local time. Dr Stephen Currow, Newbold’s recently appointed Principal, will open the two-day event […] Source: https://atoday.org/news-briefs-for-may-26-2022/
Do We Trust God Enough to Be Who We Really Are?
A while back, a woman writing to prisoners for her church ministry asked me if she would be dishonest if she does not use her real name. She wanted to hide her real identity for security purposes. I assured her a pseudonym was not being dishonest. After all, the Bible gives many names for God, so why can’t we have many names?
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While living in the Dallas area during the mid ’90s Deion Sanders was playing for the Dallas Cowboys, so I decided it would be fun to invent “Deion” as my restaurant name. So for the last almost 30 years now, when waiting for a table or placing an order to be called out, my name has become Deion. Since then I have learned many people use pseudonyms when giving their names at a restaurant. It’s not being dishonest. The restaurants couldn’t care less what your real name is. They just need to know who to call when your table is ready. A pastor friend told me he uses the name “Wild.” That way when his table is ready the hostess calls out, “Wild party of four, your table is ready.”
Name games can be fun, but the fact is that I love being me. God loves me being me too. I am glad God made me to be me. There is a difference between having multiple names and pretending to be a totally different person than I really am. I don’t need to wear a Deion Sanders jersey with his name on the back. I don’t have to be someone else to be happy. I love who God made me to be.
While the name game at restaurants is fun, Satan plays a game that is no fun at all. He likes to make us think that the only way we can ever be happy is to be someone other than who God made us. This was his first deception with Eve.
“God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.” Genesis 3:5 NLT
There are two problems here with the serpent’s suggestion. First he is insinuating that Eve cannot be happy unless she becomes someone else. Sadly this is Satan’s deceptive suggestion to many people. You can’t be happy being you. You can’t be happy being who God made you to be. You have to become someone else in order to he happy. In this case Eve needed to be God. The second problem with this suggestion is that Eve was already made in God’s image. See Genesis 1:26. While Eve obviously was not God Himself, she was already created in God’s image, a truth the serpent’s suggestion seemed to deny.
I suppose that, since Lucifer thought he could not be happy just being himself, he suggested that no one could be happy just being themselves, but that suggestion is not true. We can be happy just being who God made us to be. A lack of trust in God has led others to skew their own identities. In Genesis 12 Abraham skews his identity, claiming to be Sarai’s brother only, instead of her husband. In Genesis 26 Isaac does practically the same thing, changing his identity and relationship with Rebekah. In Genesis 27 Jacob does not trust God to bless him, so he puts his trust in a lie. That lie causes him to change his identity. Jacob thinks he has to be Esau in order to be blessed.
David appreciated who he was when he exclaimed,
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. Psalm 139:14 NLT
David trusted God enough to be who he really was. Do we trust God enough to be who we really are? Do you realize how special you are to God? Friend, you are no accident. You are not just another face in the crowd. With the billions of beings already to grace the face of the earth, God was not content until He made you. He literally loved you into existence!
Don’t fall for Stan’s lie that you cannot be happy until you change your identity. Satan’s biggest lie to Eve and all humanity is that you can’t be happy unless you become someone you are not. Don’t fall for that lie. God is love, and God created you to be you because He loves you being you. Don’t try to become someone or something that God never loved into existence. You are you because you are what He loved into existence. Trust God enough to be the you that He created.
Amen!
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