Thursday Thought – Princes & Princesses
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
— 1 Corinthians 10:31
This past spring I helped out with a princess tea party for young girls, and I dressed up as Snow White. After the weekend’s party, I was talking with one of my friends about how I had always kind of resented the idea of calling little girls princesses because princesses aren’t that special. Princesses didn’t do anything to earn their title or their privilege, they were just born into a lucky position and praised for it. I understood the idea that we are children of the one True King, but I did not like the idea of being called a “princess” – it seemed demeaning.
My friend then humbled me with an amazing response. They said it’s BECAUSE a princess doesn’t do anything to earn her role which makes it such the perfect description for us as children of God. God didn’t grant us salvation because of our bravery, perseverance, or anything we did. He chose us out of His own love. Our purpose resides not in what we do, but in what has been done for us in Christ Jesus on the cross.
”For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” – Ephesians 2:8-10
Furthermore, a princess means nothing without the position of her Father. Her significance comes only from being a daughter of the king. The same is true in the lives of Christians. Our identity should come from God alone.
So remember, you are truly Princes and Princesses to the One True King, but it’s not by what you’ve done, but because of who your Father in Heaven is and what has been done for you.
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