Our Identity In Christ
” Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”-John 1:12
When we accept Christ we become children of God. That is who we are. We, as people tend to put our identity in the worldly things that we do, like sports, grades, friend groups, etc. None of that stuff is going to matter when we die because we cannot take any of that to heaven with us. Nothing the world can give us will ever compare to the joy we get when we know our identity is found in Jesus. We can gain temporary happiness in worldly things but we gain eternal joy from knowing that we are sons and daughters of God. The Bible takes it as far as to say the only thing that matters is our relationship with God. If we put our identity in Christ, then everything else will fall into place. When Jesus is truly our number one priority, our lives will be balanced. By balanced I do not mean our lives will be perfect in any way. We are still going to face trials but the difference is that we are no longer facing them alone, we have an amazing God to guide us through them.
He made us in his image creatively and carefully and and he perfectly loves us.
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.”-Psalm 139:4
A lot of times, if we put our identity in worldly things we will begin to feel insecure because we are imperfect, but God says we are wonderfully made. If we put our identity in Christ instead of in worldly things then we will know that we are good enough. We fail all the time but in God’s eyes failure is covered by grace because of Jesus. God tells us that we are not of this world and when we live like that we will look more like Jesus (Heb. 11:16). We should put our identity in Jesus because thats who we were made to be like, not the world. When we put our identity in Christ we become a new person. We become a better version of ourselves in many ways. We slowly become confident, more joyful, more peaceful, and more loving (Col. 3).