A Moment of Panic Overcome by Truth

"Just be yourself." It's a simple phrase of advice that people give out often. I got this from a friend today and I slightly panicked. "Be myself?" I thought, "Who am I?" I have no idea why I panicked. I guess that it was just a way for the enemy to get to me. And it worked... for a few minutes.

After a few minutes, I realized "What am I thinking! I know exactly who I am!" Who is that? I'm a daughter of the King. I'm a Princess. I'm cared for and I'm cared about. I know that no matter what I do I'll always be loved. These truths have been ingrained in me since I was a little girl. I don't just know these things, my heart knows these things. I'm sure of these things. This is my identity.

What is your identity? What do you have tied up in who you are? Until a few months, I had so many things defining me. All of them were made of earthly things. After leaving our old church, I realized that my friendships, my activities and the church that I went to were defining me. That was not okay!

Now it's changed. I can truly say that I KNOW who I am. I am God's child. I am his beloved creation. Nothing will ever change that.

Let me leave you with a verse. (Once again, from the Message translation)

John 3:5-6

Jesus said, “You’re not listening. Let me say it again. Unless a person submits to this original creation—the ‘wind-hovering-over-the-water’ creation, the invisible moving the visible, a baptism into a new life—it’s not possible to enter God’s kingdom. When you look at a baby, it’s just that: a body you can look at and touch. But the person who takes shape within is formed by something you can’t see and touch—the Spirit—and becomes a living spirit.