Who are You?

As one goes through the journey of life, he or she is always struggling with who they are to be. Can I be all things to all people? Do I need to be? Where do I find my worth? Am I constantly seeking approval of others? Do I really care what people say about me? These are all viable questions one may ask throughout the course of his or her life.  The interesting thing about our life is, if we are believers, our life is not ours! (1Cor 6:19-20) Our life was redeemed by the blood of Christ!

As we live a life of worship, we must first come to see whose we are as a believer. In 1 Peter 2 this is what is said:
 9" But you are ​a​ chosen race, a royal ​priesthood, a ​​holy nation, ​​a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you ​out of darkness into His marvelous light;
 10 ​for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
 11 ​Beloved, ​I urge you as ​aliens and strangers to abstain from ​​fleshly lusts which wage ​war against the soul.
 12 ​​Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they ​​slander you as evildoers, they may ​because of your good deeds, as they observe them, ​​glorify God ​​in the day of visitation.

Sometimes it is very hard for us to accept the view that God has about us! We ARE HIS CHILDREN! We are set apart for a specific purpose.  My question for you is, "Are you fulfilling the purpose that is laid out for us in 1 Peter? We find our identity not in what job we do or who we marry but in the one who has redeemed us from the eternal death that awaited us.

Sometimes I wonder if we truly see ourselves as helpless and powerless in our flesh as God designed us to be.  We search and question so many things in our life and yet deny the power by which is waiting to be manifested in us because we are either too lazy to take the time to spend in the word of God or we dismiss the word all together.  Where do you stand today?  Do you have an accurate view of how God views you and the purpose he has for your life? Does your life have purpose? What is the longing of your heart?  To have lots of money?  To have a baby? To be "successful" in your job?  Not that any of these things in and of themselves are bad but what comes first in your life?  YOU ARE a royal priesthood, a people for God’s own possession.   Your purpose is to bring HIM glory by allowing HIM to shine his marvelous light through your life.

Oswald Chambers puts it like this "
Our Lord makes His disciple His very own possession, becoming responsible for him. ". . . you shall be witnesses to Me . . ." ( Acts 1:8 ). The desire that comes into a disciple is not one of doing anything for Jesus, but of being a perfect delight to Him. The missionary’s secret is truly being able to say, "I am His, and He is accomplishing His work and His purposes through me."
Be entirely His!