Key In The ID
Philemon 1:6 KJV That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
Just to let you know, you’re going to have 3 forms of identification when you go to the DMV for your driver’s license. I don’t know about you, but I’ve had more repeat trips to that wonderful place and have taken my place at the end of the line once again because of not having everything I needed when I got there. It happened a couple times when we were taking Haylie, having to make a trip all the way to her school for attendance verification, only to find upon return that something else wasn’t in order. The reason this came to mind even now was because of the ‘three forms of id’ routine that came to bite our newly arrived friend from New York. I told him to be sure and get there really early to avoid a long line, which he did, only to return a short time later in need of that third form. Needless to say the line had grown much longer upon his return and allowed him to enjoy the much extended wait for his number to light up in the box. Why the big deal over multiple forms, why not just let one be enough? Well, perhaps with each additional verification of who you are there is less of a possibility for there to be a misrepresentation of who you really are. Also, for certain requirements there will need to be a specific form, like the driver’s license or passport. In order for there to be passage or participation, the exact id will be the key that opens up any possibility.
While three seems to be a bit much, especially when you’re having a difficult time locating them, there is a form of identification that we’ve been given in Christ that is specific to every passage and every circumstance of life. Good things have been deposited into who we’ve been made to be in Him, but until those forms of ID are presented, their existence is ineffective. There may need to be a trip back to the house and a search made in all corners of the drawers until they are found, because there will be no compromise in the requirement and true identity will have to be verified. With so many other identities attempting to make their imprint upon our minds and upon our hearts, it will only be those descriptions and those signatures found in the Word that will be able to accurately portray just who we really are. They may need to be searched out and made to displace those documents of who we used to be, but every return trip will be more than worth it for the liberty, freedom and righteousness that is enabled by the license obtained to live, move and have our very being in Christ. The key is in the id.