There is so much talk of “identity”
these days. The world sets a standard then tells us we either measure up or we don’t, then
tries to give us a lot of negative identities (ugly, worthless, untalented,
unwanted, etc.). God wants us to have the identity of HOLY ( the pure, spotless, special possession of the
living God). Identity is the fact of being who we are.
Through the sense of identity we develop our feelings of
worthiness or shame, belonging or exclusion, hope or despair.
Shame, dirtiness, unworthiness was dealt with at the cross.
We are holy saints not by any action of our own, but the action of Christ on our behalf. It’s not an
issue of morality, but of being – not of production but position. It’s a way of saying we belong to God because
of what Jesus has done for us!
Identity always forms
an action. If we see ourselves as unworthy,
we act that way and vice versa. When we begin
to see ourselves as holy, we begin to
choose to act that way. If you have built
your identity on something positive other than Christ – it’s unstable. If you
have built your identity on something
negative – it’s untrue. What is rock solid and true
about you is that you are holy unto God (a saint), because of your faith in
Christ! (The Holy One of God)
The moment we embrace that as part of our identity, we are set on a lifelong journey
of becoming who we are “holy.”
