Knock Knock! Who is there?
If all the labels you often use to define who you are, are taken off, how would you describe your identity? A friend asked me this question some years back, and after some thought, I could not answer without leaning towards the labels she asked me to take off.
The question over the years, and most recently last year, became more apparent. I finally understood that, who I am, transcends beyond the ‘perception of self,’ or saying ‘I have arrived.’ I feel the labels we give ourselves if we look inwardly stem from our current situation, expectations, and society.
Who am I really outside of all I have accomplished, the material possessions, my personal goals and ambition? What more can I say about myself without using the world’s yardstick to measure the quality of my life?
The moment I realized that it is much more than all of these, the more I gained clarity on ‘purpose.’ To be honest, understanding God’s purpose for me had been and is still a journey. I wanted the season of emptiness to end; I wanted something much more significant than the existing world expectations/views.
So I searched inwardly and asked God. Through His words, I realized I was selling myself so short by attaching my identity to tags created by men and only within the comprehension of men. Every new day, I made an intentional effort to gain more clarity and a sense of direction. The more I draw closer to God; the more my identity gets re-defined.
This is not to say there are no days where I unconsciously drift into thinking maybe the world standards aren’t so bad after all. But, I remind myself that I have come a long way to get to where I am in knowing my true self, and it would be a drawback ever to doubt God’s true definition of me. I decided to celebrate and appreciate who I am and who I am becoming.
So, when next someone comes knocking to ask me, “Who are you really?” I will smile and spell it all out with so much confidence! I hope you will be able to as well.
Have a fantastic weekend!
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Pete
Well said 👏
Dimeji
Easiest way is to identify your identity through your salvation in Christ.
Anonymous
Inspirational 😍
Now I need to stop using the world’s standard as a yardstick to measure my growth.
Anonymous
This came in at the right time for me. Trying so hard to measure up while at the same time being conscious of using God’s standards and not the worlds’ is just so challenging. I am happy to read this. Great piece . I pray for more grace for you to be able to share more topics like this. It is very much needed. Welldone Olayinka.
Ogunseye Oladayo Israel
Who you are is who God says you are, after all before He formed thee, He knew thee and ordained you a prophet to the Nations. Thanks for sharing for true identity discovery. Cheers!
Oluwabunmi Adenuga
Identity!! Thanks for sharing this, I read the the Book of Daniel and the first chapter was really profound to me because they changed his name and that did not change his identify in Christ. Reading that solidified the need of knowing who I am in Christ, because honestly just being in this world there is a label attached already as a baby without knowing one’s personality. Hence the importance of knowing who we are in Christ and like you rightly said the more we draw closer to him the more we unveil our identity in him and own it boldly. Thank you for sharing this Yinkus❤️
Bysolu
A word in season for me!
It’s so easy to walk around empty while believing we have substance! Identity crisis is the stem of problems a lot of people encounter today.In all of this, I pray we never loose sight of our true identity- Jesus Christ!
Inioluwa
📌📌📌This came right in time;My identity is what God says about me
Well said ma