Who Are You?

Have you ever stopped and thought how your perspective would be different if you saw yourself the way others see you? But more importantly, how does God see me? I have talked with people over the years, and I have heard people say, “Most of my life I have never felt quite enough; not pretty enough, not outspoken enough, not listened to enough, just not enough, always feeling less than adequate.” 

Many Christians are experiencing an identity crisis. They know they are saved, but they do not really know what to think about themselves. Let us take a little test. Do you consider yourself a sinner saved by grace or a saint who occasionally sins? Both statements are true, but the first one dwells on your past identity, whereas the second focuses on the Lord’s view of you.

Do you realize that Satan has many different tools he uses to get you to think wrong? One of his tools is the opinions of other people. Your parents said things about you. Your peers have said things about you. Your partners have said things about you. Enemies and friends have said things about you. Some of them were true; some of them were not true. But they were all trying to mold you into their image. People all your life have been trying to get you to be what they want you to be, not what God wants you to be. Satan uses the opinions of others to keep you from the true you – what you were meant to be by God.

But the number one tool that Satan uses in your life to cause your identity to be stolen is to get you to repeat what he has told you. Because he will plant an idea in your mind, a seed, then he does not have to mention it ever again. Satan wants to keep us focused on being a sinner because he knows that the recognition of our sainthood will lead us to live like saints.

Jesus did not come just to save you from hell; He wants to live His life through you. In Christ, you have a new identity which has replaced your old one. If you will focus on who you are now, your actions will follow, and you will experience the enjoyment of a victorious Christian life.

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