Identity.

I am who I am only because of whom my Father in heaven calls me. And who is that? I am His beloved, His child, His treasure, His masterpiece. Sometimes my Father in heaven knows my longings of getting married and then He calls me His wife. Why? Because He is madly in love with me and that's just such a beautiful thing, words can't describe. They're all scriptural but in the darkest of all my moments, or in those times where my mind races, my dad in heaven whispers these things quietly into the depths of my soul and I am filled. He restores my soul (Psalms 23:3) - a Psalm that my Pastor and I have been looking at these past few weeks. Indeed it is true, He restores my soul. 

There is so many things out there about identity in Christ, and I am absolutely sure that in so many ways these articles are so true and lend a hand in helping us understand our identity in Christ. So mine is a very layman take on it all as I speak from experience but may it be something that resonates with you, reader, and restores your soul. 

I thought of this topic a couple of weeks ago. But it was a few nights ago that as my Christian Fellowship friends from ladies bible study were going through Colossians that some things came together for me. We came across this scripture in Colossians 2:10 (The Passion Translation, TPT), 'And our own completeness is now found in him. We are completely filled with God as Christ's fullness overflows within us. He is the Head of every kingdom and authority in the universe.' I am not here to dissect this portion of scripture but I'd like to speak into it. 

Our identity, is completely found in Him. When we understand that Christ is our everything, it is then we begin to have our identity completely unravel before us. What do I mean when I say this? It takes a certain closeness and a wanting to know God, that is when we are able to make Christ our everything. And when Christ is our everything our identity follows because He covers us through Him and in Him. In that closeness with the Lord, He draws us near to really know Him and when we really know Him, we know where we stand in our identity because we have been given every authority under Christ against the enemy (Luke 10:19) so that no weapon formed against us shall prosper (Isaiah 54:17). 

How do these weapons look like sometimes? It can be in the form of an attack against your mind, thoughts racing etc, a lack of peace, regrets, sorrows, hurts and pains. But when we know who we are in Christ, He fills us to the brim and He takes our pain upon Him and He sets us free (John 8:36). And that, is a feeling like no other. A feeling of fullness to the brim because of the Lord. A feeling of peace. Because of Christ. It is then He calls us as always and as He always has, He calls us His beloved, His treasure, His precious children. That is what you are. And indeed, it is so important to know our identity in Christ because when you know this, your position in Him is firmly found in Him and His authority over you as Lord and Saviour, as Protector, as Father, as Friend. He is ever close, never far, always near and He loves you so, so much =) 

Much love,

Mary Ruth