Being Sons and Daughters in Your Own Skin by Joel Pollard - BF Overseer and BF Missions Director

Being sons and daughters of God in your own skin is where, "you get to be you". Romans 8:19 declares, "For the earth is groaning for the manifestations of the sons and daughters of God." What does that look like? We are the manifest sons and daughters of God, called to advance His Kingdom in this world. Since God is not limited, this will look different in each of our lives, from empowering leaders across the nations, to being an encouragement and testimony to our own family and friends.  Think about how a father embraces his own child in the natural. How much more will we be encountered and transformed when we continue to allow Papa God to embrace us in the deep areas where we’ve always wanted His embrace. Being sons and daughters of God in your own skin means "to be", not "to do". How many times have we found ourselves "doing, doing, doing" and saying, "If I could only do more for God" or "If I could only sound a certain way, look a certain way?" Many of us have been in a posture and position of standing by the King’s table, ready to serve, whereas, Papa God has invited us to sit and partake at the table of His banqueting feast (Song of Solomon 2:4) as His sons and daughters. Notice the contrast between the posture of sitting and standing. When we sit and partake of all that He has given us, we are in a position of rest—no more striving, but knowing who we are and Who’s we are. Even as we're shown the model of servanthood and servant leadership in the Bible, we must come to realize, know and wholeheartedly believe that we are His sons and daughters, first and foremost. We are His inheritance (Ephesians 1:18)!! The beautiful and amazing thing about sonship is that Papa God loves us right where we're at. We must continue to allow and give full access to the Holy Spirit to go to the depths in our hearts, reminding us of who we were created, destined and purposed to be--His sons and daughters, according to God's original design. Prophetically, I wholeheartedly believe that we are coming into a season where we are going to exponentially see God's restoration at work. There will be things we have contended and remained steadfast for that will be fully restored and even with some things that we may have forgotten, we will see the full restoration of God in operation, divine moments where Papa will whisper in our hearts, "I never forgot--it's that important to My heart and yours". I want to prophetically release over you that you are the head and not the tail; you are above and not beneath; you are a dream achiever, not a dream failure. Your aspirations and passions will come to pass and manifest throughout your life--you will see them to come to fruition. You will see the goodness of God in the land of the living (Psalm 27:13). "The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy", according to Revelation 19:10. That’s why we prophesy—that’s why we declare, decree, love wholeheartedly—that’s why we pull the treasures forward in people—that’s why we honor, show grace and love on people right where they’re at. We are the redeemed of the Lord!!! We are His full inheritance (Ephesians 1:18). That's why you get to be you in your own skin.