When I was young, one of my favorite games to play was
tag. It was mostly a summer game played
in the evening before dark with the neighborhood kids. Our family was large enough that we really
didn’t need any neighborhood kids to play but it was more fun when lots of
people joined in.
It was an unfortunate thing in tag if you were “it”.
Then it was your job to chase everyone else trying to tag someone so
then it would become their job to be “it”. So, the goal of tag was NOT to get
tagged.
I’m not really sure kids even play tag these days. It seems like a lot has changed since I was
young. We didn’t have cell phones and
social media sites to entertain us. We
were bored a lot, I will admit. Lol
I got tag in my thoughts because now when you “tag” someone…it’s
usually on Facebook or Instagram. It
really doesn’t mean the same thing as it used to.
Now, I guess the goal is to GET tagged. If you’re out with a group of people (or with
someone at a particular place) and a photo gets posted on Facebook and you
aren’t tagged, it can have a negative effect. We might wonder, why didn’t I get tagged? Did they
forget to tag me or just didn’t want to tag me? Lol
I’m sure that mostly it happens due to thoughtlessness and
nothing else. However, it can leave us
feeling left out and hurt. If it happens
more than once, you can’t help but take it personally even if you shouldn’t. The issue is that we want acknowledgement by being tagged.
As I searched the scriptures for the word acknowledgement,
thinking I wanted to go in the direction of God acknowledging us, I discovered
that the word acknowledge popped up in my search more times than I imagined and
the scriptures I found were more about God wanting acknowledgment instead of
what I thought I was looking for.
Really, it makes perfect sense. We were created in God’s image and we want to
feel acknowledged. So does He.
“Because he loves me,” says the LORD,
“I will rescue him; I will protect him for he acknowledges my name.” Psalm 91:14
In all your ways acknowledge Him, and
He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:6
“But I am the LORD your God, who
brought you out of Egypt. You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except
me.” Hosea 13:4
You who are far away, hear what I
have done; you who are near, acknowledge my power! Isaiah 33:13
Wow…not what I had
in mind when I started searching but I’m glad that God brought this to my
attention. These are only a few of many scriptures.
It's our nature to make it all about us trying to gain acceptance and acknowledgement from others but it's not about us at all and we are not "it".
Do not be thoughtless
as we often are but remember who should truly be acknowledged for all the
incredible things He has done in our lives.
