The loftiest title ever given to me is “The Reverend Doctor”. However, it was mistakenly given. I am not a Reverend or a Doctor. I am still not sure where these people got the idea that I held such titles. Worse yet, why would they think that I wanted to be addressed in such a manner?
Some titles we can earn through education or our professions. Royal families in various countries are given titles simply because of their genes. Other titles are given based upon achievements, like All-star, War Hero, or Teacher of the Year. These titles describe us to a certain degree, but they do not define who we are.
God gives His children various titles. We have not earned these honors, but God gives them to us by His grace to describe who we are by faith. I Peter 2:9-10 lists some of these God-given honors; “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”
We are given these royal titles because we are now born to the King of kings and Lord of lords. He has adopted us as his children and made us joint heirs with His Son Jesus Christ. All these honors belong to those who have trusted Jesus for salvation.
Reluctant Retiree 