ONE VOICE – ONE PURPOSE

Devotionals for International Women’s Day 2025 

Day Four of Seven

One Voice, One Identity 

By BLESSY J T, Kochi, Kerala, India

Question for reflection:  What is a quality about yourself that you have believed about the way that God sees you? You can choose any point during your journey with God. 

Romans 8:16-17 NIV — The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. (Emphasis added.)

Identity is something that shapes a person's life. It has the power to build up or to destroy. A positive identity is something that everyone seeks or desires. All of us are in a quest for that. Everything we do contributes to making an identity for ourselves. But the Bible says we already have an identity: “we are God's children.” The church is mentioned as the family of God (Ephesians 2:19-21). Paul says that we are God's children and co-heirs with Christ. You have a new identity now. Your past, your failures, your old life doesn't define you. We are His daughters, and we share our inheritance with our big brother Jesus. Our life is now in God, and we are treated equally by God. 

Can you imagine this one big happy family, created by God, where we have a father who is willing to love and accept whoever comes to him as his own as a son or daughter? Can you imagine a father who's willing to share all his rights with us without any jealousy or judgement or condemnation! To comprehend this is very difficult as it's exactly the opposite of what we experience in the world. We may never see or experience this in the World but in God's family, everything is possible. God gave us this identity by His grace which is beyond measure. We cannot earn it no matter what, but it is a gift that's given to everyone freely. 

We might've gone through a great deal of pain or troubles or trauma or worries that have weighed us down and kept us from embracing God. In our identity as His daughters, we can be freer with Him than we ever could be with our earthly father. Our brokenness can often make us feel worthless. We might have an identity crisis. We can be stuck somewhere in the darkness and feel helpless and try to fix our broken identity on our own.

I was stuck in my life like that. My past and my trauma defined me. It confused me. High expectations made me lose myself and my identity. I didn’t know who I was, and I was trying to be someone that could satisfy myself and others. I was confused. Even after baptism I struggled with it for some time, until I found my identity in Christ. I finally understood that I am God's daughter and how precious I am to Him (Isaiah 43:1-4). I am fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14), for His glory. My past doesn't define me, my traumas don’t need to rule over me because I am God's daughter now, forever. Once I embraced this identity, everything changed. I started enjoying the little things in my life. I understood that I'm chosen to be His daughter even when I am unworthy. I share my inheritance with Christ, who has given His life for me without hesitating.  

Dear sisters, I want to remind you of this again. You are God's daughter. Don't believe anything else. This is your identity. Hold onto it and make it a daily practice to meditate on this truth. Embrace God as your loving father. Your past or your brokenness doesn't define you because now you are in Christ. Let's live like God's daughters every single day and cherish every moment along with God, bringing glory to God. When we live in our identity as God's daughters, we can build the church as God's family. 

For further reflection: 

1. Is there anything holding me back from owning my identity in Christ? What is it/are they?
2. What are some lies of the devil that I believe which confuse me, not allowing me to live in  my identity as God's daughter?
3. How does God celebrate me as His daughter? How can I be grateful for this daughterhood? 

Author bio

Blessy was baptized in 2019 in the church in Trivandrum, India. She has a Masters in English. Currently she serves as a youth mentor in the church in Cochin, India.