I am thinking we got somethings out of order. We have been preaching to people their identity and to know who they are, but we cannot know who we are and be confident in that knowledge unless we know who He is. The pursuit of knowing who I am is secondary to knowing who He is. Knowing who God is should be our primary pursuit. “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and ALL these things shall be added unto you.” (Matthew 6:33). I am thinking because we are out of order, this is why we are not seeing more strength in the body of Christ, more confidence in the people of God and more faith in us corporately.

Psalm 27 activated this thought for me this morning because it says, “The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?” When we know who the Lord is we do not fear and we do not dread, because the Lord is light, salvation and a defense. Our lack of knowing who God is manifests in our lack of confidence in what God can do. We cannot have confidence in someone we do not know. Jesus knew who His Father was, so He never feared, dreaded or worried about anything, His knowledge was in His Father first.

Knowing God is not the end of the narrative, there is a need to know who we are as well, it just needs to be put in correct order. Psalm 27 goes on to say, “When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. Though a host encamp against me, My heart will not fear; Though war arise against me, In spite of this I shall be confident.” The psalmist did not have this kind of confidence because he knew who He was, it was because he knew who His God was and that knowledge showed him who he was. I think if we adjust the order, we will find ourselves more confident, stronger, and able to resist the enemy more easily, not because we know who we are, but because we know who our God is. He is a mighty warrior, so I can be confident in the battle.