You Are Who God Says You Are

It is so important for us as believers to remind ourselves of who we are especially in these present times when identity crisis is becoming a big problem in the world and unfortunately, in the church as well. There is an urgent and compelling need to frequently remind one’s self of who one truly is otherwise one will be defined by several wrong things and/or people. It ought not to be so. Sadly, we also ruin generations coming by giving them wrong parameters for determining who they are. Many children are ruined in their minds because of this; we need to confront ourselves and fix our issues so we don’t ruin others. As believers, when generations coming after us act out our own mistakes, we just blame it all on spiritual influences flowing down family lines but it is not always correct. It is not always that these problems are passed on spiritually especially not in most matters concerning identity crisis. We often pass on wrong parameters thereby crippling their own ability to correctly determine who they are and the identity problem is passed on. We are quick to judge who we are based on our status, background and/or office; but the truth is we are who we are despite all of these factors. We have to effectively blend who we are individually with what is required of our various roles as God lifts us so that though these factors would impact on how we carry ourselves but not to the extent that they determine who we are and that notwithstanding how high or low the role, status or background be seem.    

Isaiah 44: 21b “I, the Lord made you, and I will not forget you.”

Psalm 139: 13 – 16 “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous-how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.”

Isaiah 64: 8 “And yet, O lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are the potter. We are all formed by your hand.”

God puts so much into fashioning us that we should be deeply convinced about who we are in the core of our being where God deals with us, all our transformation takes place and who we are is determined. We must remind ourselves of this consistently, again because change is inevitable with our God. Though such changes are ultimately for our greater good, they sometimes appear to take us low albeit only for a season. So if one already defined themselves by a particular role, such changes may open them up to pain and serious identity crisis. Our God keeps changing things; for He alone is unchanging. He takes beggars from dung hills and causes them to sit with princes and when he does that the beggar’s status in life is changed. You may insult the person and call them names but all that won’t change the person’s new reality; for God has chosen to lift them up. However, the beggar who has defined themselves by that role may continue to see themselves as such and think everyone sees them the same way especially those who know their past. The truth however, is that even when they were begging, God did not see them as beggars but as persons He formed and they were always normal beings in their core. This is also true of those in “high roles” and this includes even ministers of the gospels. It is for this reason that many get so desperate they hold unto roles so hard that without intending to, they do a lot of evil just to keep the roles. Unfortunately, in refusing to let go, many have also terminated their destiny journey themselves. You are not your title; indeed you may be much more than that. No title or position is good enough to define you; you are who He formed.

Psalm 75: 7amp “But God is judge! He puts down one and lifts up another.”

God took Ruth, a poor and unbelieving lady, saved her soul and made her who was more or less a beggar, sit with princes. The one who came to the field as beggar ended up owner by reason of marriage to Boaz. God changed her story so much she entered the lineage of Jesus. Clearly, Boaz saw the core of her being from her actions. If any of the staff who dropped stuff for her to glean continued to see her as beggar that would be their problem. Her big challenge would be who she saw when she looked at herself. God knows that He is able to do this so He places us in any family confident that inspite of our family backgrounds, we can be who He formed us to be and as successful as is written concerning us. We limit ourselves by tying ourselves to these external factors. Determining who one is using these wrong parameters is ruing a number of believers and has led some far away from Christ. The truth is that the temptation to do that is strong especially when you find people who don’t know who you really are reminding you of who they think you ought to be based on all these wrong parameters; but we owe it to ourselves and to generations coming after us to fight to hold on to God who formed us, knows who we truly are and our purpose. Let us be mindful of that fact that we are who we are by God’s grace so we don’t take it for granted. God worked to put us together.

1 Corinthians 15: 10a amp “But by the grace (the unmerited favor and blessing) of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not (found to be) for nothing (fruitless and without effect).”