Who Are You….Really?

To find a true answer to that question you have to separate what you do from who you are. As hard as it is to convince ourselves we are not defined by what we have done in the past. We are not defined by what others have done to us, said about us or believe about us, including what the Accuser of the Brethren says about us. We are not defined by our talent or our lack of talent. We are not defined by our weakness, our strength or our body’s makeup. Our definition lies in the finished work of Jesus Christ.

When building a house you start with a foundation. Romans 8:1 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus…” That is the foundation we must stand on. Our past is gone. God doesn’t remember it and Satan can’t bring it back up. Refuse to listen to anything that you or anyone else has to say about your past. There is now no condemnation.

Let’s put a protective roof over that foundation. Romans 8: 38 -39 “I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

You are not defined by your talent or you lack of talent. It doesn’t matter if you head for the airfield and fly well enough to win the FAI World Championship or if you take three planes out and come home with three in pieces. You are not defined by your flying ability or the lack of it. Whether job or hobby you are not what you do. Your failure or you success does not separate you from the love of God.

If you think you are a body, then you will live subject to your appetites. If you think you are your talents, then when you lose them, you have lost you. If you think you are your past, then you will live in a cloud of condemnation with your future already written, without hope. If you think you are your weakness, then you will live subject to the accusation of Satan and you will never overcome.

Read Romans 8. The Holy Spirit is mentioned 19 times with eleven important thoughts. If you are rightly related to God through Jesus Christ, submitted to his indwelling Spirit, then you are free, secure, destined, purposeful, hopeful and at peace.

Look in the mirror and repeat this definition. “I am a child of the King…created in His image…destined…called…adopted…justified…redeemed…empowered…and free. I serve my King with a living hope and the assurance of future glory. I know who I am!