The real "you"

23 October  2012   

2 Corinthians 10:7 Look at what is before your eyes. If any one is confident that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that as he is Christ's, so are we.

How confident are you about who you are? Many of us may be confident in what we do yet when it comes to who we are we seem to lack confidence. This often happens because of the negative exposure and criticism which erodes our self image and so no matter how good we do something we always need someone to affirm that it was good enough for them. This is mainly the result of our identity being related to what we do rather than we are.

Jesus Christ gave us a way to overcome this issue in our lives by accepting who we are in Him. This person ‘who you are’ is not dependant on your health, your emotions, of time, of any material thing, it is intrinsically you. And only you know ‘you’, and when all has faded away you still remain you. When we recognise ourselves in Christ, and that Christ dwells in ‘you’ then we come to that eternal understanding that nothing has the power to change ‘you’ except in and through your living relationship with the indwelling Christ. A thief or liar that comes to Christ remains a thief or liar, until that recognition of ‘you’ takes place and their becomes a passion or desire to stop being a thief or liar changes them.

When you recognise the Christ in ‘you’ and understand His indwelling love for you that will stand the test of eternity, then how can what you do determine who you are? For when Christ dwells in you, are you then not ‘Christ’ to the world?

Be encouraged today to go out in confidence of the indwelling Christ in you.

 

David

Point to ponder: Jesus lives in you through the Holy Spirit.

Question to consider: Are you what you do or are you who you really are?