Have you ever asked yourself this question? "Who am I?" or said "I need to find myself?"
This isn't just a question we ask ourselves when we are teenagers or young adults. I find myself asking this question a lot lately.
I have been struggling to keep my quiet time with God everyday. I was once so faithful with this and lately I have let other things and business get in the way. I started with a new firm this year and have found it more demanding than my last. While, I have been continually blessed in my busyness I have found difficulty in finding balance. The further I came from spending time daily in God's word and simple talking with Him the more I found myself asking, who am I?
This is the week we celebrate Easter. I felt a deep desire to be in the word this week and to renew my commitment to God to spend time with Him daily. To worship Him, to learn more about Him, and live as He asks me to.
John 13:3 says;
Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God.
Jesus knew who he was. He knew his purpose. He knew where he was going.
He didn't try to "find himself" He KNEW!
For him being God's son was enough. Living on earth as an example of how we are to live and love.
Being a child of God is not just a huge blessing but a huge responsibility. I wonder on a daily basis if I am up to the challenge. One I know for sure is bigger than I can handle without the help of the Holy Spirit to handle.
Questions I have asked myself over the years:
This isn't just a question we ask ourselves when we are teenagers or young adults. I find myself asking this question a lot lately.
I have been struggling to keep my quiet time with God everyday. I was once so faithful with this and lately I have let other things and business get in the way. I started with a new firm this year and have found it more demanding than my last. While, I have been continually blessed in my busyness I have found difficulty in finding balance. The further I came from spending time daily in God's word and simple talking with Him the more I found myself asking, who am I?
This is the week we celebrate Easter. I felt a deep desire to be in the word this week and to renew my commitment to God to spend time with Him daily. To worship Him, to learn more about Him, and live as He asks me to.
John 13:3 says;
Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God.
Jesus knew who he was. He knew his purpose. He knew where he was going.
He didn't try to "find himself" He KNEW!
For him being God's son was enough. Living on earth as an example of how we are to live and love.
Being a child of God is not just a huge blessing but a huge responsibility. I wonder on a daily basis if I am up to the challenge. One I know for sure is bigger than I can handle without the help of the Holy Spirit to handle.
Questions I have asked myself over the years:
What should I go to college for? (aka what do I want to be when I grow up?)
vs.
What has God blessed me with, how can I hone those gifts to serve God in my studies and in my profession?
What should my husband do for me?
vs.
How can I be the kind of wife God wants me to be?
How can I stand out and be unique and recognized in this world?
vs.
How can I love other so God's glory can be seen?
John 13:3
Jesus KNEW that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God.
Jesus knew who he was. He came to save you.
As children of God we know we're are here for a short time. We know someday we will go home to live int he place Christ has prepared for us.
It is incomprehensible to that Christ suffered so brutally for me. I have seen the pictures and movies created to give us a glimpse of the horror that it was. I can't help but sob every time I even think about it and pictures float through my mind.
He took my sin and I am in aw.
How can I ever think, "I need to find myself" "figure out who I am" "forge my own way"
I am a child of God. Period.
To find how to live I only need to read and know His word.
I need only seek the Holy Spirit He has sent to dwell within me for guidance and direction.
I. AM. FOUND.
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