You are Known When we decide to follow Jesus, we're qiven a new life in Christ. But what exactly does that mean? Jesus came and died for evervone who ever lived - that's us - and when we qive our ives to Him and make the choice to follow Him, we get a new life in Him. We qet adopted into His eternal familv, with all the rights that go along with that When we say "ves" to Jesus, we are choosing to believe everything about Him is true. We're agreeing that He lived a perfect ife. died for us. and rose from the dead When we believe this, we are adopted into God's family as His children. Being God's children means we qet unlimited, constant access to God's presence, love, and authority. And the greatnews? No one can separate us from God We don't receive new life as God's children from our parents or earn it from our good deeds-it's somethina God freelv offers us He alone has the authority to adopt us into His eternal family, and He promises to never leave or forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:6) At the moment of our adoption, our ola identities no longer matter. Every unkind name we were given, every mistake we've made, every hurt we've experienced (or caused)--it's all erased. Our identity. security, and future are now rooted in the God who loves us and died for us. Take a few moments right now and reflect on that. If you belong to Jesus, you are not alone. You are known by the Creator of the universe who calls vou His child, knows you by name, and loves you unconditionally