Overcoming FearSample

OVERCOMING FEAR - KNOWING WHO WE ARE 

Where - or more importantly - in Whom does my identity lie? 

Sometimes, for me, as for most cricketers, it lies in my performance out on the field and in what others say about me. But I have learned through the years that I need to stay rooted in Christ so that my identity lies solely and utterly in Jesus. 

In the cricketing universe, we have coaches and managers whose opinions matter. But we need to be careful that we don't get swayed and flustered by those opinions. That happens when their opinion matters so much to us that we allow our value to get measured by these coaches, teammates, or even fans. When we allow that, we then build up our self worth around those opinions. It's crucial that we don't allow that to happen.

Irrespective of what you do, be it as an entrepreneur, a corporate worker, a government employee, or a student, you and I need to be clear on where our identity lies and whose opinion matters the most. 

For me, my identity is in Christ and I believe what he says about me.