Selfika na JF: Snap it. Show it

When we agree with the devil’s opinion of us, we end up living as defeated, bitter, and condemned people. When we try to live according to the way that others see us, we live insecure lives filled with the fear of people. When we live according to how we see ourselves, we constantly tally up the sum of our actions to determine what kind of people we are.

None of these perspectives give us a proper understanding of our identity. Rather, I suggest that the only healthy identity is seeing ourselves the way that God sees us. Our minds are renewed when we come into agreement with God’s point of view.

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Although you might observe your ongoing sin and try to equate this to your identity (“I sin; therefore, I am a sinner”), God sees your identity first (“You are a saint; therefore, you should sin no longer”). According to God, actions do not add up to your identity; your identity determines your actions. That is why He paid such a high price to give you a new identity, to put you into Christ, and to make you righteous. Even when you mess up, God sees you according to your identity.

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Here we can see that God looks beyond our sin and foolish actions, and He sees us very differently. From a natural standpoint, no one would read the story of Sarah laughing at God and come to the conclusion that she had great faith. Yet that is what God wrote in Hebrews 11:11. God’s point of view is not determined by our actions. He is our loving Creator, and no wrong actions are going to change our identity in His eyes.

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We must stop focusing on our actions in our struggle to figure out our identity. We must find out from our Father and Creator what our true identity is, and then we must walk out our actions in accordance with that identity.

When God speaks, His goal is to align us with our true identity. When He comes to speak to a coward, He says, “I created you as a mighty man, I know who you are better than you do. Don’t look at your feelings or actions; your self-assessment is wrong. I am God, and I established your identity. I know who you really are. You are a mighty man.”

God tells us who we really are so that we can live from His point of view. Believing what He declares about our identity will cause new actions to flow out of us. As we begin to really know who we are in Him, we will act according to that belief.

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Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new (2 Corinthians 5:14-17 NKJV).

This passage shows that we are not to view people through the lens of their actions and lifestyles, but according to the way that Christ views them. Christ always keeps His eye on a person’s inherent value. He sees each one of us as someone who was worth His death.

When people have sin in their lives, it must be confronted, but the sin is not their identity. As the confronter, it is important to keep the “confrontee’s” true identity as the focus. If confrontees become focused on their sin and their failure, then they will not be empowered to move in a new direction.

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When people sin, we must not make sin our focus, we must point them back to their true identity. We must not regard anyone according to the flesh, including ourselves. Through the lens of our true identity in Christ, we will each be empowered to deal with the sinful actions in our lives. We will know how to choose righteousness because we will be living from the reality of what God says about us.

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When you sin, your identity does not change. Regardless of what you have done, you are still the righteousness of God in Christ—even though you chose to get drunk, commit adultery, or steal.

Use this exercise to separate your actions from your identity. Maintain your true identity in the face of your mistakes. Your actions do not change who you are in Him.

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Hii kitu nimeiona sana humu jf! Na siyo kwenye hili suala tu!
 
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