Identity.
Lauren Daigle has a song “You Say” (attached at the end of this blog) that talks about identity and recently this song has been on repeat for me. How often do we search for our identity in the things of this world. We don’t feel like we are beautiful, or good enough, we don’t have the best job, or the nicest house, or maybe we just feel alone. Because the things in this world will never satisfy us. But we so easily believe these lies that we have to fit a certain mold to be “good enough” in the world, we have to be thin, we have to wear the right clothing, we have to talk a certain way. Especially the high school and college age group, the pressure to drink, try drugs, go to parties every weekend. The world is telling us that this is what we are supposed to do, that this is how we achieve the “good life”. We try time and time again to attain happiness, but this only gives you temporary happiness or satisfaction.
I have to ask myself where my identity is coming from? Do I find my identity in Christ? Does my worth come from what other people think of me or what God thinks of me? Do I live for compliments of others around me, waiting for someone to tell me that I’m pretty or that I am good at something? Or do I know that I am a daughter of the King and that no matter what I am beloved. That my worth does not come from the compliments of other people but instead from what Christ says about me. True & lasting satisfaction comes from Christ. THAT is where we should be finding our identity and our worth. My identity is in Jesus Christ and I hope that my life exemplifies that and will only continue to shine Christ’s name brighter and brighter as I continue in my faith.
If you are questioning where your worth comes from, or if you struggle to feel like you are enough, believing the lies of the world, you need to hear this song. Also, I’m always here if anyone needs prayer, or a friend to talk to.
“In You I find my worth, in You I find my identity.” ~Lauren Daigle
Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.”
