Like most small airplanes, ours has something called a transponder. This instrument allows an airplane to be recognized by an airport control tower. That’s because it enables each plane to be assigned a “squawk code,” a distinct set of numbers the air traffic controller sees on their radar screen. Through identifying planes this way, the controller is then able to keep everyone safe.
One night as I was flying home at dusk over the mountains with my pilot husband, it suddenly felt vastly reassuring to know we were embraced by that invisible system. And not only us, but all the other aircraft flying in our airspace. It felt kind of like a miracle—all of our planes guided and protected; each one correctly and distinctly identified.
This got me thinking about how God identifies His children; in fact, how God is constantly identifying and defining each one’s purpose, guiding their way. Each has a precise, individual, spiritual identity that’s already assigned. It belongs only to us. We don’t have to hunt it down, worry about it, change it, adjust it, or develop it. It doesn’t go through stages or ages. Each of us is the distinct reflection of Love, God.
