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Today's reading: Deuteronomy 26-28

"The Lord has declared today that you are his people, his own special treasure..." Deuteronomy 26:18 NLT

It's one thing for me to claim I'm God's. I can shout it from the rooftop. I can wear a t-shirt screen printed with the fact across the back. I can have it imprinted on the front of my Bible. I can gather in groups of others claiming the same thing.

But to have Him say I'm his? To have God make the statement? To have my Savior claim me as His own?

That's priceless! That's huge! It should be a life-changer.

There is no way in the world that knowing I'm His won't change the way I go about my day. There shouldn't be any doubt as to Whose I am with what I say, what I do or how I love others.

But is there?

He claims I'm His. I claim I'm His. But does the world see it?

The more godly a man is, and the more graces and blessings of God are upon him, the more need he hath to pray, because Satan is busiest against him, and because he is readiest to be puffed up with a conceited holiness.  -- Richard Greenham