Identity

                Identity

Identity is something that I have struggled with for a long time. As children we look to our parents to help us really identify with who we are and our purpose in life. I looked to mine and I found no answers. I will spare you the details, but horrendous acts happened in my life as a child, which caused fear, anxiety, and walls to go up around my heart. Truly as parents we should be giving our children a strong foundation in who they are in Christ, and encouraging them to pursue HIM and the plans He has for their lives.

I can tell you this...I tried to find my identity in so many things....Men, friends, being a wife, a mother, a musician, a writer, a worship leader, ministry and it all fell short of who I really was and the ONE that I could find my worth in. Those are all things about us...but who are we really at the core of our being? Where can we turn to find these answers? I'm sure you have tried, just as I have to find them in the world around you through many different avenues. Maybe you have read the word of God and have heard what God has to say about you, yet you aren't living in that truth. Maybe you've never read the bible and are longing for purpose in your life. Where ever you are I pray that the Holy Spirit would meet you there and minister the truth of Gods word to your heart. (This is only for those whom have believed in their hearts and confessed with their mouths that Jesus is GOD). If you have not done that please just pray and repent acknowledging that you need God...enter in through Jesus the Christ :)

Have you been looking for love?

• I am loved. (1John 3:3) 

Have you been longing for and seeking acceptance?

• I am accepted. (Ephesians 1:6)
• I am a member of Christ's body. (1 Corinthians 12:27)
• I am a child of God. (John 1:12)
• I can always know the presence of God because He never leaves me. (Hebrews 13:5)

Have people failed you and let you down or vice a versa?

• I am Jesus' friend. (John 15:14)
• I have direct access to God. (Ephesians 2:18)

Do you lack purpose and direction in life?

• I am a joint heir with Jesus, sharing His inheritance with Him. (Romans 8:17)
• I am chosen to bear fruit. (John 15:16)
• I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved. (Colossians 3:12)
• I am God's co-worker. (2 Corinthians 6:1)
• I am seated in heavenly places with Christ. (Ephesians 2:6)
• I’ve been given exceedingly great and precious promises by God by which I share His nature. (2 Peter 1:4)
• I am one of God's living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house. (1 Peter 2:5)
• I am established, anointed, and sealed by God. (2 Corinthians 1:21)Have you ever tried to find your worth in something or someone else?
• I am complete in Jesus Christ. (Colossians 2:10)
• I am united with God and one spirit with Him. (1Corinthians 6:17)

Maybe you have been abused and feel dirt or you have been thrown away in life?

• I am a Saint. (Ephesians 1:1)
• I am redeemed and forgiven. (Colossians 1:14)
• I am a new creation because I am in Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
• I am free from condemnation. (Romans 8:1)
• I do not have a spirit of fear, but of love, power, and a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7)

Beloved today, if you find yourself striving and trying to find your worth in your actions or your purpose in the world around you, I pray that you would stop!!! and let the word of God wash over you. The truth will set you free from the prison of people pleasing. Let these beautiful truths wash over you..offer up a sacrifice of praise which is the fruit of His name upon your lips. Stand with your hands lifted high to the one who came to set the captives free, redeem, send us out for good work, has numbered the hairs upon your heads, and is longing to be with you. Beloved find your worth and identity in HIM today. Let Jesus be the source of which your mothering, blogging, friendships, writing, being a wife, a runner, a student, a daughter....etc.....flow from. In Him you can be fully satisfied. So when you mess up as a mom, or no one reads your blog, or no one shows up to your bible study, or your husband seems to have lost interest in you, or your knee goes out so you cant run...insert your own thing that you may identify yourself with...YOU WILL NOT BE SHAKEN!!! Your flesh and heart will try and lie to you...but the Spirit of God, which lives in you will minister these words to you. You are loved, You are cherished, you are chosen, you have worth in CHRIST..Your husband, God, Father, The lover of your soul!!!! Let this truth permeate you today and Pray that they will me too!!

Love you gals :)