Identity

Daily, I catch myself wanting the things around me to tell me who I am. Am I a mom? A coach? Should I be an animal lover? A sporty person? A crafty person? A teacher? Maybe I’m just a nice person. Hmmm. As I seek answers, anything I come up with feels empty and unfulfilling. Then I realize I’m trying to get my identity from what I do, not who I am. We are human BEings, not human DOings. The “doing” stuff is beautiful, but let everything we do come from being loved and accepted as a child of God. Have you heard the song, “No Longer Slaves”? When I truly find my identity and worth in God, “I’m no longer a slave to fear. I am a child of God”

The following is from “New Morning Mercies”, a devotional book that was kindly gifted to me.

You don’t work in the hope of getting an identity; you work in celebration of the identity that, in Christ, you have been given.

No need to search for

myself.

no need to grasp for

meaning

for my life.

or purpose

for what I do.

No need to hope for

inner peace,

that sense of well-being

for which every heart

longs.

No need to hope that

someone or something

will make me

happy

or give me joy.

I no longer need any

of these things because

grace

has connected me to you

and you have named me

your child.

How might it feel to pause in the midst of turmoil and life being turned upside down, and remind yourself that your identity is secure-as a fully loved child of God?