Kasey begins and says that after her conversion at age nine, she viewed God as her Savior, which is good; but many Christians view God as a “‘step-in-Savior’ – believing in him only when we’re aware there is something to be saved from.” But that doesn’t work in all situations. Later in her life, she became bombarded with seemingly unanswerable questions, and the view of God only as her Savior left her reeling, knowing that the answers had to be explained somehow.
But when we view God as our redeemer, that all changes. Redeemed means “to free from what distresses or harms; to free from captivity by payment of ransom; to free from the consequences of sin.” Believing that we love the Lord is so much easier than to believe that God loves you back. Nothing you can do will ever separate you from the love of God, because when we are faithless and unworthy, God still loves us.
“To be named by God – and to live that way – is to abide in a constant state of redemption and surrender. It is a place of knowing who you are in Christ and knowing that your true identify is found in him. It is a place of recognizing that other people’s opinions and attitudes toward you no longer dictate your worth…. Being named by God is finding yourself by losing yourself – redemption and surrender.”
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