Identity

When you hear "I.D." you automatically think of a government issued form of identification that says your name, date of birth, country you're from and etcetera. IDs are used to validate who you are as a person. No ID. No identification. Simple as that.

Identity goes beyond just a government issued ID. It's who you are as an individual. It's who you were created to be. If you believe something, you identify yourself with that label and validate it with whatever everyone else says. I believe I can't drive because I identify myself as a bad driver & had it validated by other people in my life.

So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
(Genesis 1:27 NLT)

For a long time I had trouble figuring out who I was and how I fit in this life. I was searching for an identity. I identified myself as so many things and never found the answer in any of those labels. Until I lost my grandma two years ago and I realized the only constant in life is God. Family titles, surnames, villages, school, work even church all disappears or leaves eventually and all I'll have left is God.

I found my identity in God that day. I now believe I am a daughter of the King because I identify myself as one through Jesus and it has been clearly validated in God's Word. "...it is Christ who lives in me...I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself to save me." (Galatians 2:20 NCV) What's your identity?

Thirsty ?

Imagine yourself running a race. You had water in the beginning but that's it. You've gone for at least half an hour and you can feel yourself longing for water to rehydrate your body. An hour passes and you still haven't had any water. Your pace slows maybe even to a brisk walk. You're still going hoping to finish the race. Finally you can't take it anymore. You need water, but you won't settle for the disgusting public water fountain that everyone puts their mouths on. No. You won't get off track for that. You know there's a water station up ahead so you push until you reach that place where there's water specifically for those running the race.

For the past couple of weeks I found myself at a place where my spirit was dry & thirsty in this spiritual race I'm in. I longed for more than just a touch from God. I longed to know God personally, but I was too busy running I didn't want to stop at a water station to rehydrate myself in His presence. I forgot the importance of really getting in my word and spending time with Him.

O God, you are my God;
I earnestly search for you.
My soul thirsts for you;
my whole body longs for you
in this parched and weary land
where there is no water.

(Psalm 63:1 NLT)

This was my cry. This is exactly how I was feeling. I'm sure we have all come to a point where we thirst for something. We want it. We need it. We cry out for it. Our body can't function properly without it. This is how much we should want God. God wants us to thirst for Him. You think you're the only one who loves to feel wanted? How much more does God want you to want Him? I've learned He desperately does because He wants to be intimate with us. He wants His Spirit to be the water that rehydrates and strengthens on this race we're running. My question for you reading this is just how thirsty are you for God?





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