“Remember who you are, you are my son.” Maybe you are also familiar with this line from the movie, Lion King.
Rafiki, the wise baboon led Simba to a pond after telling Simba his Father was alive. Simba looked and made a remark, “it’s only my reflection”. Rafiki demanded to “look harder”. The reflection changed into his Fathers’ and at that moment Mufasa, the Father, appeared in a vision in the sky and Simba desperately asked how he’s supposed to go on where Mufasa replied, “Remember who you are, you are my son.”
It has been years since I saw this movie and I was reminded of this line last week after my sister asked me if I happened to see the movie, Spirit. I haven’t, so I decided to watch it when I got home. It reminded me of Lion King because of the same line, “Remember who you are.”
Like them, I believe, we, needed to be reminded of who we are. Because of trials, sufferings, and sin, the world makes us forget who we really are. If we look into a pond like Simba did, we will see the reflection of God because we were created in His image and likeness and by spiritual adoption, we all become sons and daughters of God. Let us always remember who we are. If we keep this in mind, life won’t be easy but it will keep us going no matter what life brings us, knowing the Father will always be with us.