Identity

Over a year ago God laid on my heart to start a blog and while I listened to Him in the short run, I let my busy and hectic life push it aside just after a few months. So as I’m sitting here today doing my quiet time, my heart feels heavy and convicted to start back what He intended for me to do. 

Do you ever ask yourself ‘who am I?’ If you stripped away all of the titles you may have... daughter, sister, friend, mother, student, teacher... who is the person that is left? Our identity does not lie in any of those titles. It lies in who we are in Christ. We must undoubtedly believe we really are who God says we are, and we can only achieve that through the Word of God. 

Here are just a few examples of the person Christ has made us to be:

I am a child of God.

John 1:12-13
“But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.”

I am a new creation.

2 Corinthians 5:17 

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”

I am chosen.

Ephesians 1:4

“For he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless in his sight.”

I am a royal daughter.

1 Peter 2:9

“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.”

I am free.

John 8:36

“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”

I am forgiven.

Ephesians 4:32

“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”

I am created for good works.

Ephesians 2:10

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, for good woks, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”

Without truly knowing who we are in Him, we will always struggle with our identity. Lately I have found myself finding my identity in earthly things. I struggle with finding security in physical beauty, nice clothes, and even through my friends. When my eyes started to get away from Jesus, I begin to find my worth in these material things. We must protect our identity in Christ so that it is not stolen by the enemy. The enemy can only take what we allow him to take. However, if you’re confident about who you are in Christ, then nothing and no one can rob you of that.

Don’t be afraid to ask yourself ‘who am I?”-- all you have to do is believe and live out the things Christ says you are.