Identity. noun. the fact of who or
what a person or thing is. the qualities or beliefs that make a particular
person different from others.
We hear this word a lot. Identity. Who are you identified
with? What identifies you? What is your identity?
I have struggled so much with this word, “identity”. In high
school, all of my worth came from my popularity and my acceptance from others.
How many people knew who I was? How many friends did I have? What sport/activity was I doing? How many
people liked the person I was? What boys liked me? How many people looked up to
me? Am I good enough?
In college that word followed behind me. “Are you in a
sorority?” “What sorority are you in?” “What is your major?” “What are you
involved in?” “Who do you hang out with?” How many followers do I have on
Instagram? What do I do on the weekends? What does my time go into? What do I
look like? Am I as pretty as the girls around me? Am I good enough?
About a year ago I was
searching for my purpose in life. I was sitting at the Bizz “studying” trying
to answer this question and I couldn’t. I
was lost and confused and full of myself and this person I was. I was trying to
find my acceptance from other people, and they failed me. I started to wonder
about so many things, including Jesus. I began to search and become interested
in this Jesus guy I had always “known” and he started to change me from the
inside out. I decided to deny myself, deny the identity I had and was
pretending to be and FOLLOW Jesus.
Maybe you put your identity in finding acceptance from
others; maybe you don’t. What is your identity in? Is it in what sorority or
organizations you are involved in? Is it in a leadership position that you
hold? Is it in social media? Is it in school? Do you put yourself in a category
as “not good enough”? Is your identity in a specific sin or struggle? Is your
identity in your past or your future? Is your identity in what you do and/or
who you know?
(Don’t get me wrong I think that being involved and having certain
priorities is very fun and important!) But there is a difference I have found
from pulling away from these ~things~ that make me “WHO I AM” and truly
discovering WHO I AM in Christ.
Now take a
second to watch this video.... (MUST WATCH!)
Lord, thank
you so much for your Love and your Mercy! Thank you for making it part of our
design to want to be delighted in! I pray that we may delight not in the things
from this world but in You God! That we
may not find acceptance from others but in You alone! Thank you for giving each
of us a purpose. Thank you for giving us this life to live! I pray that we may
use it for Your kingdom and Your glory. Lord I know that there is nothing in
this world that can satisfy my soul like you do! Thank you for showing me who I
am because of who you are. In your precious name I pray, Amen.
WHERE IS YOUR IDENTITY! I am challenging you!! I want you to
think about your identity. Where does it come from? Is it authentic? Do you
know who you are because of WHOSE you are?
Love, MC {daughter of
the King}
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