Alcoholic or Child of God

Everyone of us needs to identify with something or someone. That is the only source of stability in our lives.

Some people identify with their families, others identify with their jobs, some identify with the prowess of their minds or their bodies.

In Alcoholics Anonymous, men and women identify with their perversion:

"My name is . . .and I'm an alcoholic." This is not the way for anyone to get healthy, wealthy, or wise. What good does it do anyone to be defined by a bad habit?

Once a man or woman gives up drinking alcohol, then what does he have?

For the believer in Christ Jesus, we identity with One person: Christ Himself:

"Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world." (1 John 4: 17)

God sees us in His own Son, therefore He sees us as His Son:

"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." (2 Corinthians 5: 21)

and

"To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Colossians 1: 27)

and

"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

"Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." (John 1: 12-13)

The number of scriptures alone wars against the folly of identifying oneself with drink, drinking, or one's drinking problem.

God has greater things in store for every person who believers on Him! More than an alcoholic, God wants to take us through adoption (Romans 8: 15) to make us one with Him through His Son (John 17: 23). May you believe in Him now!