We live in a world where being accepted is what everyone wants. Often the acceptance we seek leads to a temporary satisfaction.
The world places a large emphasis for young adults on finding your identity. Identity in the world is often found in the size clothes you wear, the name brands in your closet, the perfect job, the perfect spouse, sports ability, and last but not least, the likes on your social media accounts, and the list goes on.
A person’s identity is the way they see themselves and feel that others perceive about them. Our identity is formed by our most basic beliefs and worldview. If we’re honest with ourselves we often feel insecure and if we aren’t at the point of life that the world tells us we should be, we feel like failures. The message that we need more to be satisfied in who we are seems to be plastered everywhere we turn.
But as believers , we know that the Bible tells us that our identity is found not in ourselves, but in something —some One — else.
A believers identity is found in God, not themselves. The moment we start believing what the world says about our identities we become vulnerable to swaying opinion and insecurity.
As a believer in Christ, we know that we do not have to rely on how the world defines us. Before we can truly believe what God tells us about ourselves, we have to leave behind how the world labels us. When you feel overwhelmed or discouraged about who you are read Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Our identity in Christ is much greater than anything this world has to offer. Your worth in the world’s eyes varies from day-to-day, minute-by-minute. With constantly changing trends, those who find identity in the world will constantly be left yearning for more.
As a believer in Christ we can be secure in our never-changing identity as children of our heavenly father who cares for us deeply.
Don’t identify with what the world says about you; trust instead in your absolute identity as a child of God which can never change.
Sometimes we struggle even when we know our identity is in Christ. Stop comparing your life to someone else’s, stop comparing your body to someone else’s, stop comparing your accomplishments to someone else’s. Seek God’s approval, not the worlds. On the days we fail, remember to ask for forgiveness and continue to pray for discernment and sanctification.
1 John 2:15- Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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