The Garden of Your Mind ናሙና

If you were to ask me what was the single most powerful lesson I have learned up to this point in my life, I would tell you it has been digging into the treasures of my identity in Christ. And learning to grow that scriptural treasure, by faith- into the depths of my thinking. 

I have been confronted many times by the Holy Spirit for thinking it’s all about what I DO that counts. That is a sticky lie that can get lodged in the framework of our thinking. He has reassured me that my success as a woman, a friend, a wife, a mum, a pastor, a preacher, a writer is to always come back to who I AM. 

1 Peter 1 reminds us that our calling is to become holy. Our identity has nothing to do with our success in relying on our works, people-pleasing, striving, or controlling life. Is it understanding that Jesus has reshaped our identity on the cross and we are not the same as we were? We are a fabulous new creation and we now live and breathe In Him. 

Ephesians 1-3 outlines how we have a new spiritual DNA that determines our present and our future. I encourage you to read it and highlight all the In Him/ In Christ words. Speak them over your life- they are your new identity.

‘Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is your true self. Every other identity is an illusion.’ Brennan Manning

When you ask Jesus into your life, His Kingdom now speaks a completely different truth over you. You don’t lose yourself- you find your true self. 

So the question we need to keep asking ourselves is:

Are my thoughts faithful to who the Spirit of God says I am?