Worthy Brief - 11/25/2025
Friend, the Father's delight: identity rooted in His love!
1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
One of the most neglected truths in the Body of Messiah is also one of the most transformative: You are the Father’s delight. Not His burden, not His disappointment, not His afterthought -- His delight.
Identity does not begin with what you do for God; it begins with how God feels about you. Before you lifted a hand in worship, prayed your first prayer, or took your first breath, the Father loved you with an everlasting love. His delight in you is not based on your performance but on your position in His Son.
At Yeshua’s baptism, before He healed a single person, preached a single sermon, or performed a single miracle, heaven opened and the voice of the Father thundered: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:17)
Notice this divine pattern:
Identity first, assignment second.
Belovedness first, ministry second.
Delight first, destiny second.
The Father speaks the same identity over you. Because you are in Yeshua (Jesus), the words spoken over Him are now spoken over you. Heaven’s declaration over your life is not, “Do better.” It is: “You are My beloved child, and My delight is in you.”
Many believers live their entire lives trying to earn what God has already given -- love, approval, acceptance. But you cannot earn what was freely bestowed before your beginning. You didn’t enter God’s love through your behavior; you entered through your birth -- your spiritual birth into His family.
Identity rooted in love is unshakable. It silences shame, heals wounds, and crushes the orphan spirit. When you know the Father delights in you, fear loses its voice, striving loses its grip, and insecurity loses its power. You no longer live to be loved -- you live from love. You no longer fight for approval -- you move from approval.
This love is not fragile or fleeting. It is eternal, unchanging, anchored in the very nature of God. "See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!" (1 John 3:1). The Father doesn’t love you minimally -- He lavishes love upon you. He pours it out in abundance. His pleasure rests on you, not reluctantly, but joyfully.
The Father’s heart is not distant or guarded. He rejoices over you with singing (Zephaniah 3:17). He has engraved your name on the palm of His hands (Isaiah 49:16). He numbers every hair on your head (Luke 12:7). His thoughts toward you outnumber the grains of sand (Psalm 139:17–18). You are not merely accepted -- you are celebrated.
And when the Father delights in you, He speaks blessing over you. In Jewish tradition, fathers bless their children weekly -- not based on behavior, but identity. The heavenly Father does the same. He speaks life over your destiny, affirmation over your identity, and joy over your future.
The enemy attacks where identity is unclear because he knows that a son or daughter convinced of the Father’s love is unstoppable. You will never walk in your full identity until you know the Father’s heart for you. You will never walk in confidence until you know you are cherished. And you will never walk in freedom until you receive the love that sets you free.
Friend, let the striving cease. Let the fear dissolve. Let the orphan spirit be silenced. You are not fighting for a place in the Father’s heart—you already have one. Stop measuring His love through your failures and start receiving it through His faithfulness. Lift your eyes and let His delight wash over you until every lie of unworthiness breaks. You are His beloved child. You are His delight. You are His joy. Rest in the embrace of the Father who loved you first, loves you now, and will love you forever. Let His delight define your identity -- because the One who formed you has called you His own.
Your family in the Lord with much agape love,
George (Baltimore) & Baht Rivka (Arad, Israel)
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