I don't have anything to prove.

When you think "my identity..", who do you say you are? or  Who do you want to be?
Is all this seeking who we are , us trying to prove something?

This question seems so hard to answer to me so it got me thinking...

What is the core of these questions, "What is my identity?" or "Who am I?". Okay so maybe we should ask, "What does an Identity consist of?" Is it something able to be labled? Such as popular, nerd, athletic, artistic, musical, dramatic, ugly, pretty, crazy, reserved, black, white, gay, straight, christian, or muslim? Are one of those lables what people see when they look at us? Are those lables what we think of ourselves? Do these things proclaim why we exist? (maybe thats the real question..."What am I doing here?")

None of those things tell anyone who you are. They all talk about things you believe about yourself or do. Not that they are all bad things. Like I am indeed a christian. But is that my identity? Is who I am really found in something I believe?

Hard questions. Because when we talk about this we get so close to the Truth!

We want to be known. Yeah, you're scared of someone knowing the deepest scariest places in your heart.. But guess what you're asking when you ask about your identity. You want someone to recognize WHO you are. Not what you do. Not what you look like . Not what you like. (Don't even get me started that all these things will pass away!)

You want someone to know the deepest parts of you. The good and great parts, the evil desires, the beautiful desires, and still want to know you. To strip down everything we consider our identity and see the core of why we exist. I don't know that we can find our 'identity' in any word. I do believe, however, that we can find freedom from trying to be someone, and let Jesus break through our walls and let Him stand there as our stronghold.

I've found my identity in many things before. Some good to the worlds standards, even some bad to the worlds standards. I have never been filled before allowing Jesus to BE for me.

Look guys, I know you all know something about  me. If you've known me lately you  might even say I'm a pretty good girl. Please, don't flatter me. "Pretty good girl" is not my identity.

Identity isn't what we long for. We long to be known and loved.

Maybe we were never meant to search for who we are. Maybe we just are.

Just maybe we don't have to prove anything.

Maybe we don't have anything to prove...

Just maybe Jesus really is who He says He is.

"For the death that He died, He died to sin once and for all; but the life that He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus."
Romans 6:10-11