He is Mighty to Save, He is Mighty to Save

In Argentina, a man was reunited with his son after being separated for 32 years even before the baby was born due to civil war disputes. His wife was abducted by military forces and the baby boy was born in prison and later taken away by the enemy and raised. He was never told that he was a foster child.

The child grew up in tyranny and was constantly raised with abuse and cruelty in the family. It wasn't long before he knew that he didn't at all look like his other brothers and sisters. He saw how his "father" abused his wife and how the tyrant made life a living hell at home.

His biological father on the other side, had never given up hope in finding his wife or unborn child at that time. He even had a pre-selected name for the baby if it was a son. Even as the years went by and as he aged, he never once lost hope that one day he would be reunited with his own flesh and blood.

And finally, in what seemed as fate, they were reunited through an organisation that was set on reuniting families who were separated due to this civil war and the father finally saw the son and gave him his real name and identity.

"At times I wondered what the hell I was living for. I had to find a way to continue, thinking about everyday things, hoping for this moment of happiness," the father said. "Hugging him that first time, it was as if I filled a hole in my soul."

And what did the son have to say about leaving his old life and embracing the one he was truly born for?

"Never again" will I use this name [his foster family name], he said. "To have your identity is the most beautiful thing there is."

The beauty of this whole thing was the direct parallel that I saw as God opened my eyes to see the message behind this.

Each and every one of us, we were all taken captive by the Enemy and put into a place where we were raised with lies, deceit, pain, anger, tyranny and fear. Satan had a grip on us that we didn't know and he wasn't going to be so nice to tell us that we were children of our Father in Heaven because duh God's his enemy.

But one day, enough is enough. There's a part of our spiritual heritage and descent within us... when we realise that somehow, we don't belong in the darkness. That somehow, we have the urge to look beyond. And just as how that boy in the news report realised that he wasn't part of that family... we too will one day realise that we weren't meant to be slaves of Satan either.

That is when our hearts begin to open up to God.

That's when we make contact.

And as we reach out to God, we tap into the correct "source" and we begin to embark on that journey of discovering who our Father in Heaven is.

#1: The enemy wants to steal, kill and destroy

Satan came to steal us away from God and feed our lives with lies and he tries to cheat us into believing that this is the life we're meant to live.

#2: But God gives us our names

Son/Daughter of God

#3: God gives us our identities

Citizens of heaven.

In the news report, I can see descriptions of how happy the father was to finally be able to acknowledge and introduce to the people his beloved son. What more us? When we become children of God, our Father is equally pleased to display His pride and show us off to the entire congregation of angels and hosts in heaven! He goes, "Look, THIS is my pride and joy!"

To have your identity is the most beautiful thing there is, the young man said in the news report.

It is the same with us. To have our identity in God is the most beautiful thing there is. When we find ourselves in God, there's no other place on earth that can be compared to this point where we realise that our hope, our very beginning and end is with God. To be called a child of God, to be loved in the family of God and to represent God, it is a high privilege and honor to be given to us.

Never again, will I ever want to be associated with my past hurts, my past sins and my past regrets.

Never again, do I want to be a slave to the sins that have held me back from my real life in Christ.

Never again, will I turn back and be lied to by Satan and allow him to bind me and torture me with anguish and despair.

Never again, will I forget who I am.

Because He is my...

Saviour, He can move the mountains;

my God is mighty to save, He is mighty to save.

Forever author of salvation,

He rose and conquered the grave,

Jesus conquered the grave!