Who is this God that we serve, worship, and pray to? I think these are important questions to meditate on as believers — because God isn’t an idea or a philosophy. He is the One who spoke, and life began. He is the beginning and the end. Consequently, our human ability struggles to comprehend the fullness of who He is — He is simply that big, that expansive. However, in our seeking, we begin to understand the heart of God, learn the voice of God, and surrender to the Spirit of God. Therefore, we discover the nature of God and learn that our identity is in Him.
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Who Am I?
This is a common question of humanity: “Who am I?” I believe we find the answer in another question: “Who is God?” Even when we don’t know ourselves, we can trust that He knows us. He sees us, He cares for us, and He calls us, for He created us.
Finding My Identity
We can only find true identity in Christ. I have learned not to trust in the me that my experiences have created, the me my knowledge has developed, or the me that society has tried to shape. I’m not even trusting in the me that trauma has tried to force me to become. Instead, I am trusting in the me that was created by God — a God who is full of love, peace, patience, and purpose. He is the God who is infinite, eternal, and omnipresent. Our Creator is the God who is, and always will be.
Surender
When we know the nature of God, we know Him — and it becomes so much easier to surrender the things that don’t serve Him once we understand who He truly is. If you are in a place where you are trying to figure out who you are, learn who God is first. Because in that pursuit, you will discover that you are His creation — here to serve His will and His purpose. To know the nature of God is to know God, and thus yourself. Ultimately, His identity reveals exactly who you were created to be.
Scripture To Meditate On
“So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female.”
Genesis 1:27”For the entire fullness of God’s nature dwells bodily in Christ,“
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!”
2 Corinthians 5:17
My prayer is simple today. “Lord, allow us to know you. Give us the capacity to know you and to know your nature. Grant us the wisdom to understand who you are. Amen.”
Flourishing With You,
Tamara
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