Who are you? Really, what’s your identity? What defines you? You’ve seen the commercial that ends by asking “What’s in your wallet,” right? Another way of saying it when searching for honest answers as to who you are is, “What’s in your baggage?”
Do you sometimes feel like you are loaded with baggage and feeling abandoned standing alone on the tarmac of an airport? What is the significance of the tarmac? It needs regular maintenance that involves cleaning, sealing, and repairing cracks promptly. Even so, it has a purpose. People do not notice the tarmac and oftentimes do not see the lone person standing there as well.
You say to yourself, “Do others even see me; if so, how do they see me? Do I see myself as to who I am? I often wonder who that is looking back at me every morning in the mirror Then a thought strikes a chord – How does God see me? Who does God say I am?
God looks deep into one’s heart and soul. Something that man cannot do. When we search our hearts, we can easily deceive ourselves into thinking that all is well. But is it?
At that moment, you remember seeing an article that posted on Facebook that morning. An article by Riaan Swiegelaar, a former satanist now turned Christian. So you go to your computer and pull it up on the screen. Seiegelaar asks some hard questions like, “Did you receive Christ as Savior, but not as Healer?” “Do you believe in forgiveness, but have never entered into freedom?” “Do you love the idea of grace, but resist surrender?” Be encouraged – Jesus can heal, but only what you bring to Him. Have you laid your burdens down at the cross?
You find yourself beginning to let go of who Satan accuses you to be, untying your mask that has hidden your real identity, turning the dimmer switch to bright so you can see His reflection once again.
The article goes on to say to let Jesus heal your wounds with the healing balm of His love, His strength, His tenderness. There are parts of your healing that only you and God can walk through together. It requires time in His presence, prayer, repentance, and letting the Holy Sprit deal with the roots of the struggles you are dealing with.
Strangely, you begin to realize that your identity is in Christ. It has been all along since you first believed. You realize that your identity in Christ is not merely understanding a Bible verse; it is living from a place where your old identity no longer defines you. Your sin no longer speaks louder than God’s mercy.
Can you, with humble heart, pray, “Lord, I lay everything at Your feet. Heal me. Change me. I surrender.” If so, no more will you have to wonder, What’s my identity? Your identity is in Christ. You are loved first so you can love Him, you are chosen to proclaim His excellencies, you are redeemed to reflect His glory.
This is true of you and of me. And if someone asks you, “What’s your identity?” you can confidently say, “My identity is in Christ!”