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"The Problem with Identity"

I was reading to my children the other day about Jesus being tempted in the desert. The strategy the enemy was using struck me as I read. He said, “If you are the Son of God.” He attacked Jesus’ identity, attempting to cast doubt on Who Jesus was and to Whom He belonged. Satan’s tactics are no different for us. He will attack our identity and if we don’t have a firm grasp on who we are, and to Whom we belong, we will be vulnerable to his lies.

When we don't know who we are, we walk through life hoping we are on the right track, constantly feeling we are missing something. When we know who we are and Who we belong to, the path of our life loses some of its mystery and we can know better what to do, and what not to do. Anyone who does not have a firm grasp on who they are and the values for which they stand will fall prey to the enemy’s lies; single ladies, looking for companionship at the expense of their virtue, businessmen or women willing to backslide on integrity to get ahead, even Christ-followers stuck in secret sin when victory is within their grasp.

So many of us live our lives trying to please others to find acceptance and validation. What we are really searching for is our identity and the confidence that comes from knowing it, but we are searching for it in the wrong place.

Remember the pattern of insecurity: No sense of identity, which makes it easy to believe lies, leading to an unrealistic fear of what people think.

No wonder the enemy wants to deceive us about our identity. Everything we do flows from that source.

Our identity is not found in our accomplishments or failures. It is not found in the people we spend our time with, or even in the thoughts we have of ourselves. It is found in Him. The unchanging, all powerful, creator of our souls. He already knows everything about you and He still loves you. He knows your secret sins, fears, worries, and thoughts and He still accepts you for who you are. The very thing we have been searching for in others, we can find in Him, and He never changes so our identity is rock solid, as long as we stay connected to Him.