A Good Word: Chip Ewald

Speaker: Chip Ewald

Main Text: Ephesians 3:14–21

Description: Our culture encourages us to build our identity around countless labels, preferences, accomplishments, failures, and affiliations. But Scripture points us to a deeper truth: our truest identity is found in Christ. Through Jesus, God has broken down every dividing wall and created one new family united by His love.

Paul's prayer for the Ephesian church is that believers would be rooted and established in God's love, strengthened by His Spirit, and able to grasp the immeasurable depth of Christ's love for them. When we understand who we are in Christ, we are freed from defining ourselves by our successes, failures, feelings, or the labels others place on us.

The enemy seeks to confuse our identity by convincing us that our behavior, struggles, or preferences define us. Jesus continually invites us back to the truth: we are beloved children of God. Before we achieved anything, before we failed at anything, before anyone else knew us, God knew us, loved us, and gave Himself for us.

Our identity is not rooted in what we do, but in whose we are. When we are firmly rooted in God's love, we can live with confidence, freedom, and purpose as His children.

Topics: Identity in Christ, God's Love, Beloved Children of God, Unity in Christ, Spiritual Formation, Freedom from Labels, Grace, Gospel, Belonging, Ephesians 3