It’s nice to feel like you belong to something. To feel like a part of something bigger. We gain identity by the things we belong to. I’m an American because I belong to America (in a sense). I am a Christian because I belong to Christ. These are things that I am identified by.
In Acts 22, Paul is speaking to a violent mob, and when he says something they don’t like, and they go crazy. The Roman soldiers want to get to the bottom of things, so they beat Paul to try to get a confession. This hate-fest gets broken up when Paul casually mentions that he is a Roman citizen.
His citizenship mattered. It identified him as something special. It gave him certain right… rights that weren’t being protected. The fact that he belonged to Rome, identified him as someone special.
The same is true when we belong to Christ. We have to remember that as Christians, we have certain power and authority that our enemy must respect. But if we never identify ourselves; if we never flex some spiritual muscle, we are never identified, and never respected.
Next time you are facing an extra difficult situation, remember who you are. Remember who you belong to.
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