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I love fairy tales about princesses. They go through tough times but they still behave like a princess, with gentleness, nobleness, and strength. Though a princess may appear to be abandoned and suffer at the hands of others, the princess has a hero looking for her, someone strong enough to lift her out of her ugliness and put her back where she belongs, in the position of a beloved princess.
This is not a fairy tale, though. I am a princess – I am the daughter of The King! How amazing is that! I did not grasp that until I was 37 years old. Do you realize what being the daughter of The King entails? Think about it. Walk it out during your day, in your dealings with other people. If you are a child of God, you are a princess!
“Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward”(Gensis 15:1)
A princess need never be afraid when her Father is the King!
“As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations; Your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. I will make you fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you And your descendants after you for The generations to come, to Be your God and the God of your descendants after you. The whole land of Canaan, where you are now an alien, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God”(Genesis 17:4-8).
My earthly father might have walked out on me, but I was adopted into Abraham’s family because of Jesus Christ. That means this is my history, too! God promises to Abraham are promises to me, all because of Jesus!
“I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, And you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And whoever curses you I will curse; And all peoples on earth will be blessed through you”(Genesis 12:2-3)
I am a BLESSING! Do you hear that – a BLESSING! – and guess what, my Father will take care of those who mess with me! He will Champion His child, his princess!
I always wondered how Jesus could love me as much as He loved Peter, James, and John. I would say, “Sure he does,” but that is not how I felt inside. I wanted Jesus to love me like that, but I still wondered,”Oh, I’m not good enough or special enough for that.” When you do not have an earthly father who thinks you are special are a blessing, are worth championing, who thinks you beautiful (every girl should have a father who thinks she’s beautiful), it is difficult to imagine that God would.
Then one day I understood: I am a daughter of the King. Imagine being a daughter of the King—how people treat you, how you are provided for, how you are valued and loved.
Never let anyone take away your inheritance, your heritage, your place in the family, in the kingdom!
You are a Princess
A daughter of The King
Walk it!
Think it!
Be it!
All the way down to the tiptoes of your soul!
Dear Father, Thank you for loving me as much as you loved Peter, James, John, and Abraham. Thank you for being my God. Thank you for sending Jesus so I could be a daughter of the King. It is in your son’s name that I thank you and take my rightful place as a favored child in the family of God
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