Here at truly you, the heart and core message of it all is to understand your God-given identity in life. I believe that understanding your identity is the key to living in your God-given freedom in life! This sounds great, but let’s break it down a little bit so we can better understand what this looks like in our lives and how we can walk this out practically.
First, let’s get a solid foundation, what is identity? Well, the oxford dictionary’s definition is a simple one which says, “the fact of being who or what a person or thing is”. Pretty basic right? So how can this super simple thing, make such a major impact on our lives? As stated before, I believe that understanding your identity in life is the key to living in your God-given freedom because what we believe, is what guides our direction and choices of life. Here is an example to help explain what I mean above!
Imagine, you are searching for a restaurant to eat at, well if you believe that eating meat is bad for you, chances are you aren’t going to go pick a burger bar to eat at, but you will make a choice to try to find a vegetarian-friendly restaurant! But, say you LOVE all things meat and you feel you can’t live without it because it is good for you and fuels you, you definitely aren’t going to find a vegan or vegetarian restaurant! What you believe guides and dictates what you do in life!
The same thing goes for your identity! If you walk around believing lies about yourself, you will live your whole life in bondage to the enemy and his lies! But if you allow God to define you and his word to be the thing that gives you your identity, who knows what crazy things God will do through your life!
Let’s go back to that definition from oxford dictionary, “being who or what a person is”. Your identity is found in what you define yourself as. So if you are constantly saying things about yourself that are negative or you allow your job or season of life to define you, then you have a false view of your identity. You need to go to God’s word and grow closer to Him and you will be able to correctly “define” yourself and shift your view or perspective of yourself in the alignment of God’s word and walk in your identity.
So you need to recognize those thoughts of self-doubt or fear and anxiety that sneak into your head and when they come in, make it a habit to replace that lie with a truth of what God says about you! And if you don’t know, then I encourage you if you can, to stop at that moment that those thoughts come in, and ask God what He says about you that proves that lie is wrong!
If you need a headstart, then here are some truths you can start speaking over yourself daily to help you begin walking in your identity and what God has spoken over you and replace those lies the enemy has tried to label you with!
Daily truths:
- I am chosen. (Ephesians 1:4)
- I am a child of God, therefore I am loved and cared for, and protected. (1 John 3:2)
- I am the salt of the earth, therefore I can make a change everywhere I go ( Matthew 5:14)
- I am filled with the fruit of the Spirit, therefore I can show God’s love everywhere I go. (Galatians 5:22-23)
- I am crucified with Christ, and he lives in me. (Galatians 2:20)
- I am loved, therefore I can love others knowing that it is nothing we work for or deserve, but God so graciously gives it ( John 15:9)
- I am an ambassador for Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:20)
- I am beloved of God, therefore I can walk confidently knowing I am loved. (Romans 1:7)
- I am accepted. (Ephesians 1:6)
- I am free from darkness, therefore I can walk in the freedom and light of God’s kingdom! (Isaiah 61:1)
- I am sanctified by the truth, therefore I can break off the lies the enemy has tried to get me to believe. (John 17:17)
- I am forgiven through Christ, therefore I don’t have to walk in shame of the sins of my past. ( Acts 13:39)
- I am a temple of the Holy Spirit, therefore I know I can rely on his strength within me! (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
- I am alive in Christ, Therefore I can bring life everywhere I go! (Romans 6:11)
- I am a slave of righteousness. (Romans 6:18)
- I am protected from the evil one, therefore I can walk in confidence knowing that God is fighting for me. (John 17:15)
- I am God’s handiwork, therefore I am created with uniqueness and beauty! (Ephesians 2:10)
- I am anointed with the Holy Spirit, therefore I am able to walk out what God has spoken to me. (1 John 2:27)
- I am holy through Christ (1 Peter 1:16)
- I am saved!!! (Hebrews 7:5)
- I am reconciled to God. (2 Corinthians 5:18)
- I am rooted and grounded in Christ’s love, therefore winds and waves may come, but I am grounded in his love! (Ephesians 3:17)
- I am justified by faith, therefore I can say yes confidently to God! (Romans 5:1)
- I am rescued by Jesus, therefore I know I can trust him with all my thoughts. (1 Thessalonians 1:10)
- I am redeemed by the blood of Jesus, therefore I can walk in new life! (1 Peter 1:18-19)
- I am strengthened with power through the Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 3:16)
- I am not forsaken, therefore I know I am not alone through any trial I face. (Hebrews 13:5)
- I am no longer a slave to sin, therefore when temptation comes my way, I can choose to walk in holiness and freedom! (Romans 6:6)
- I am an heir of God. (Romans 8:16)
- I am filled with the fruit of righteousness. (Philippians 1:11)
- I am a new creation. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
If you are in a place today, where you wanna walk more in confidence and freedom that God has gifted you to walk in, then get these scriptures on your heart and remind yourself what God says about you!
with love, savannah grace!
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