Christian ancestry

     Christian ancestry goes back to the beginning of time before the foundations of the world was laid.  The Scripture tells us that we were known by the Father before that time.  Sometimes that's a difficult pill to swallow.  But, it's the truth.  It's kind of fun to think of the time he took to create you and I.  We have specific markers that make us different from every other person on earth.  There are no two of me.  Some would say that's a good thing!  There's no duplicate of you either.  As that is also true; we have to look at our own ancestry to see where we fit, how we fit, and what our mission is to others Christian and not.  We often get the cart before the horse and try to understand our ancestry from the present to the past.  That's not how God sees it.  We are to look at our ancestry from the past to the present.  What we should find is a continuous line of growth here on earth that has taken us to where we are.  We will never NOT be any different from the day that God created us.  We may evolve to be better people but we won't change the basic person.  Unless we embrace the creations God made us to be, we won't be able to visualize the future of who we are.
     I've recently been working on my family tree.  It's a mess!  Part of the tree has died and other parts thrive.  Part of the tree doesn't have fruit and other parts do.  Some have committed to Christ and others have not.  I've people in my past that were very good people and of course some who were very bad people.  It's quite the mixed bag.  Family reunions are a worldly rite that seeks us to be captive to how others see us.  Christian reunions are a Godly rite that seeks to be free to what?  To be whom God created you and I to be!  Now that's not so simple.  Satan wants us captive to the past and especially to that time before Christ reached out and saved us.  Do you have any relatives who see you that way?  How about friends?  Enemies?  It's been said that "you can please some of the people some of the time and but not all the people all of the time."  But, you can serve the Living God who has come to us and saved us from the past.  If we begin to look at our heritage from the standpoint of when God created us; we begin to see ourselves from a different perspective.  Scripture tells us to separate from those who seek to draw us back to the past.  But do we?
     William James once said, "We may have a God in heaven who forgives us our sins,  but mankind does not."  So, the question is begged, who do we seek to please?  I don't see anyone other than God who truly forgives me my sins.  The difference is found in who loves us and who aren't able to love us or have chosen to not love us.  Perfect love casts out fear.  Seeking love, acceptance and approval from mankind will always leave us frustrated.  Why?  Because we aren't able to meet the standards of others while seeking to surrender to Jesus.  I'm not telling you to ditch your family.  I'm not telling you that you do or don't have important relatives.  I'm not even telling you to see others as the enemy.  What I am telling you is that the God of all creation has formed you before you were placed in your mother's womb.  He named you and when you, if you believe, enter Heaven, he will reveal that name to you.  Don't believe me?  Read the Bible.  Between Genesis and Revelations God traces your heritage created by him.  He chose you from the foundation of the world.  Have you chosen him?  It's always your choice.