The past weeks focus looked at just who each one of us, individually, as followers of Jesus Christ. Not only that, but also what exactly holding one’s identity in the Lord actively looks like.
Before the week began, I was contemplating my identity as I previously knew myself in various facets; there is the person I present myself as, and the person who I truly am including both painful and joyful secrets. I know who I am in Christ – deeply loved, completely forgiven, fully pleasing, powerfully equipped, and complete in Christ. But I act according to the lies I believe – that I am vile and disgusting.
I didn’t really expect to hear anything I hadn’t before, going into the week since I knew who I was in Christ. I discovered, however just because I could tell someone who I am in Christ doesn’t mean I believe it because actions meet with beliefs. Unbeknownst to me, God started working on my heart’s identity before the week had started. Showing me how I truly identified myself as to others, and the lies I believed about myself. In retrospect, He had to break me so I could hear the message of what He, my creator, thought about me.
My Lord told me that I am holy in his sight, righteous and blameless. Insane? Yes. True? Yes. Am I capable of holiness? No, which makes the redeeming power of Jesus Christs blood all the more powerful, that through the simple acceptance of Christ and invitation for Him to be savior and Lord (ruler) of my life I am blameless in His sight. Regardless of the insane amount of things I do that are in direct opposition to everything my Lord is about, he still sees me as his beautiful daughter who he rescued from depravity and destructive obsessions. As I continue to soak in that knowledge of who I truly am; a child of the King, I am in awe of the Lord’s great power and strength!
God bless,
Heather
Monday, July 5, 2010
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