{"id":412,"date":"2025-07-04T00:08:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T07:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=412"},"modified":"2025-07-03T20:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T03:37:11","slug":"july-4-who-am-i-in-christ-assured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/july-4-who-am-i-in-christ-assured\/","title":{"rendered":"July 4–Who Am I in Christ? \u2013 Assured"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Christ I am: \u00a0ASSURED
\n<\/u>And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.<\/em>\u00a0 Romans 8:28 NKJV<\/p>\n

Believers, in Christ we are assured that all things will work together for good for us because we love God, and in Christ we have been called (appointed) according to God\u2019s purpose.<\/p>\n

\u201cthe called\u201d in this verse means those chosen, invited, appointed by God to salvation through Jesus Christ and to the good works that God has prepared for them to do for Him.
\n(we learned about Appointed yesterday. )<\/p>\n

So this verse is basically telling us not to worry about anything that happens in our life, because God is telling us that He can work all things out for our good, no matter what.
\nSince He has appointed us to do His good works for Him, He will make sure that all we do will somehow turn out for good and bring Him glory.<\/p>\n

In other words, if He appoints us to do a job for Him, He will supply all that is necessary for us to complete it, and if somehow the enemy comes around and messes things up, God will make sure that in the end it will still work out for good somehow.<\/p>\n

So, in Christ, we can be assured that God is in control of everything and we just need to focus on loving Him and doing what He has called us to do.<\/p>\n

Blessings to your day.<\/p>\n

\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org
\n(If you are not yet a believer in Christ, I invite you to visit the\u00a0 GOD’S PLAN<\/a> \u00a0<\/strong>page on our website to learn how to become one. It will be the best decision you will ever make.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Christ I am: \u00a0ASSURED And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.\u00a0 Romans 8:28 NKJV Believers, in Christ we are assured that all things will work together for good for us because we love God, and in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[505],"tags":[522,526,3,527,234,3306,525,30,32,528,524],"class_list":["post-412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-who-am-i-in-christ","tag-appointed","tag-assured","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-gods-purpose","tag-in-christ","tag-july-2025","tag-romans-828","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-those-who-are-the-called","tag-who-i-am-in-christ"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ASSURED-Romans-8.28-1.jpg?fit=422%2C422&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":409,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/july-3-whom-am-i-in-christ-appointed\/","url_meta":{"origin":412,"position":0},"title":"July 3–Whom Am I in Christ? — Appointed","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"July 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"In Christ I am: \u00a0APPOINTED \u201cYou did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 --Jesus---John 15:16 NKJV Doesn't reading that verse\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Who Am I in Christ?"","block_context":{"text":"Who Am I in Christ?","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/category\/who-am-i-in-christ\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"APPOINTED-John-15.16","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/APPOINTED-John-15.16.jpg?fit=422%2C422&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":511,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/july-31-who-am-i-in-christ-summary\/","url_meta":{"origin":412,"position":1},"title":"July 31–Who Am I in Christ\u2014Summary","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"July 31, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"July 31--Who Am I in Christ\u2014Summary Fellow Believers, for the past thirty days we have seen daily just who we are in Christ. 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