Named!

John 15:¹⁶ “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.” (NIV).

God alone should define you, not Circumstances , People , Experiences , and certainly not satan . And God defines us by Sourcing , Imaging , and Naming .
As a people, God has named us God’s Favourite House and that is who we are! Who are we? We are God’s favourites! It is what it is. Joseph is Joseph, you can be upset with his coat of many colours, but it is what it is. When people are beefing you or questioning what kind of name you have, just tell them, it is what it is! Years ago, a solid man of God, Pastor Jack Hayford, taught young Pastors, about forty of us. He called it the school of pastoral nurture. Forty Pastors from different parts of the world. And Pastor Jack Hayford, an amazing man of God, would sit down and teach us. I attended his school of Pastoral nurture for consecutive years, until he was too weak to teach.

I remember in the first class, he told to us to introduce ourselves and the church that we lead to the class. When it got to my turn I said, “I am Femi Monehin from God’s Favourite House, Nigeria”. They said, “What?” I said, “God’s Favourite House” and they all looked at me. Imagine about forty other Pastors looking at you. And they asked, “If you are God’s Favourite House, what about us?” And I said to the whole class, “Every child of God should be God’s favourite child. Every church should be God’s favourite church.” But as my grandmother would say, “it is the child that lifts up his hands that the elder would carry”. Imagine you enter a room that has ten children in it. And as you enter the room, only one child runs to you and lifts his hands. Who would you carry? You will carry the one that lifts his hands.

It is how you endear yourself to God, that God endears Himself to you. This is something we see John the beloved, do over and over. God’s Word says in James 4:⁸ “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you…” (NKJV). We are God’s Favourite House, we are His own, He has to help us, our hands are up. If you like fold your hands and be beefing us. God does not owe you an explanation for blessing us, promoting us, lifting us, protecting us, and for fighting our battles. We are the church, and we exist for the world. People erroneously say, “I want the church to do this for me, or the church did not do that for me.” I am like these people are confused. We are the church! So, if the church needs to do XYZ, guess who needs to do XYZ? You and me. If you leave the XYZ undone, and you say, “The church did not do XYZ” spiritually, you are talking lunacy, because heaven is looking at you and saying, “You are the church!”

Prayer: Father, I am Your beloved and You are mine, created for Your pleasure, in Jesus Name. Amen!