Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.

All right, today before I read this first, I want to ask you a question.

If someone were to ask you right now, who are you?

I'd tell me about yourself.

Think how you would respond.

Maybe you would say, I'm a man, I'm a woman. I'm a boy. I'm a girl. Maybe you would say something about your age. I'm a kid. I'm a teenager. I'm a college student. Or maybe you would say I'm a college student or maybe you would say I'm single or I'm a husband or I'm a wife or I'm a mom or I'm a dad or I'm a son or I'm a daughter or maybe you would begin to think about your job

your vocation maybe yes I'm a student or I'm this job or I'm that vocation or I do this in my life and all those things might be true

but I want you to listen to Isaiah 44 verse 5 now.

This one will say, I am the Lords.

And another will call on the name of Jacob, and another will write on his hand, the Lords,

and name himself by the name of Israel. Did you hear how Isaiah 44-5 describes identity? This one will say,

what's this one's answer to that question who are you I am the

Lords that's who I am I am the Lords another will write on his hand, picture it, something written on your

hand that you would see all the time, every time you look down at your hand, it says, the Lords.

Like, lift up your hand, this is who I am.

I am the Lords, and I want to encourage you

to find, to root, to ground your identity here above everything else.

You as a follower of Jesus for all who trusted in Jesus, and if you've never put your faith in Jesus and you're listening to this, I encourage you to put your faith in Jesus trust in him to save you from your sin, to be the Lord of your life, and to be able to say.

So for all who trust in Jesus, this is who I am.

I am the Lords because this is the unshakable

immovable

Eternal ever-lasting immovable, eternal, everlasting ground of your identity. Jobs may come and jobs may go.

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