Do we really ever ask ourselves who we are? Not what we have accomplished, or what we want to do but who we are. Not a list of likes and dislikes or goals for the next 5 or 10 years but the deep down core of our being. How it is we desire to be in every situation, at every moment. Have you ever thought that you had wished you handled something differently? Which way is really you? The way you handled it or the way you wanted to handle it? Which person is more aligned with the reality of what God made you for? The person you encounter in the mirror or the person you imagine?
The Scripture tells us to bring all our thoughts into captivity to Christ. Do we include our thoughts of ourselves? Not in a narcisistic way of self worship, but a truthful expression of the man or woman God created. A friend has proposed an exercixe to me, to write down who I am. What I am. This is not so much a journey of self discovery as it will be a revelation of Christ in me. A setting down of who I am, and then being that person. Not a working up to it but letting it out. Think about how much you have held back, not fully "being" because of different types of fear. Remove all those fears from your mind, because in God they don't really exist anyway. That is who you are, what you would be if fear was non existant. Great news, fear is done with in Christ!!! So you are that person.
Join me in this exercise and find out who you really are.
