As men we ask ourselves this question alot. It takes on various forms…Do I have what it takes, Am I enough, How do I measure up, Am I qualified? But the real question, what we are realy asking is the same…WHO AM I?

We seem to live in constant doubt of who we are, while at the same time, in constant need of affirmation.

Why do you think that is?

As believers and Christ followers our identity is very specifically and clearly spelled out in the Word. Yet, most of us struggle to live out of that identity.

Maybe we lack Bible knowledge, maybe we don’t have alot of time to read our Bible, and when we do, we simply don’t know where to begin. Maybe we don’t feel qualified to read and understand what God is saying. Maybe…..

We tend to be who we believe we are. Understanding the truth about who God says we are is the key in all of this.

If I believe I am a failure, I am corrupt, I am weak and powerless. If I believe that is the truth about it, then My life will tend to reflect my definition of that belief.

The Apostle Paul understood the significance of this truth. In his letters to the Church, he repeatedly makes defining statements about who we are IN CHRIST, giving us a clear image of who God says we are…

In Ephesians 1…. God says we have been blessed with EVERY Spiritual blessing in the heavenly places…IN CHRIST. He says we are Holy and without blame before Him in love…. In CHRIST, we are adopted into Gods own family by Jesus Christ to Himself., that God has predestinated this to us In CHRIST by his foreknowledge. In CHRIST we are accepted, redeemed, forgiven by the shed Blood of Jesus.We are the recipients of endless grace, as well as His wisdom. WE are joint heirs with Jesus, we have an eternal inheritance and that inheritance is sealed by the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. We are given wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of God, discernment, understanding, enlightenment, to know and understand what He is calling us to be. The understanding of His power In CHRIST toward us that empowers us and gives us dominion over EVERY principality and power in heaven and on earth, IN CHRIST.

EVERY one of these promises is a defining statement, made by God telling me WHO I AM in Christ, and that is just the first chapter of Ephesianss. THE ENTIRE BOOK IS FILLED WITH SUCH DEFINING STATEMENTS. EVERY one of them telling you the TRUTH about WHO you are in CHRIST. ROMANS, COLOSSIANS, GALATIANS, I AND II CORINTHIANS, AND OTHERS, ALSO FULL OF THIS DEFINING TRUTH ABOUT WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.

All of this TRUTH given to us by divine inspiration, and preservation, in Gods Word…and yet we struggle with the ability to look in the Mirror, and honestly see any of that….What does that tell us? We are, without a doubt, seeing ourselves as something less than God has declared that we are in CHRIST. Surely you can begin to see the potential effects of SUCH a misperception. If we see ourselves as something less, we will tend to live our lives as something less than God has declared us to be.

All of this pivots on what is defining what we believe. Either the absolute TRUTH of Gods Word, or the lies of the deceiver.

I have thrown allot at you I know. May I encourage you to look at this blogg post, meditate on it, look at the statements made here, carefully, prayerfully, and in the light of the scripture listed above. You may not see in this moment just how critical this truth is to your Spiritual well being. How it liberates and empowers you to live your life in freedom and power, out of your heart, and not by some moral decree. I beg you to spend what ever time you need here to dig out EVERY Spiritual truth the Holy Spirit has for you in this. Because it is crippling and debilitating, to live one moment longer out of the lies of the enemy, that have you convinced you are something less that God says you are……Jesus loves you and so do I.

Be a Man after Gods own heart…Be a Man like David.