Changing the Game!
My Identity- Part 1
I attended The “Game Changer’s” Personal development program, given by “Aglow International” We were encouraged to write a “Personal Identity Statement.” We’re to identify Who Am I in Christ? What is My calling? My Vision? How will I step into My truest identity? What does God think about me? 2017 was a year of Healing, The Word, Spiritual growth. Prayer, surrender, trust and finally, obedience.
December 12 Th, at the West Valley Aglow Lighthouse meeting; a word spoken over me was: “God was making a change in my thinking.” I didn’t understand it’s meaning; but I prayerfully pondered it and sat on it. Christmas, family cocerns and personal decisions to step up and make changes, became the catalyst for the shift in my thinking.
Jan 2, I began a fast along with prayer and worship and being in the Word of God. The fast began a revelatory process in me. My heartfelt desire was to press in and grow closer to God. I wanted to really know Him intimately. From the beginning, this fast was different from others I had done before. It cleared my mind. It quieted me so I could listen to the Holy Spirit as He convicted me. He comforted me. He gave me joy. I couldn’t get enough of the Word! I was absorbing AND understanding things I hadn’t before, Thank you Holy Spirit.
God gave me mercy and grace when He sent His only son, Jesus, to die in my place for my sin. It is my heart’s desire to Trust and Obey Him, to Serve and Praise Him always. My circumstance does not define who I am in Christ. My value is The price He paid for me, His only son! I can do nothing without Him. I don’t want to do anything without Him! I want to be uncompromised and totally surrendered to the will of my Father, who is in Heaven. I want to do everything as unto the LORD. I want to be a “sold out” bride for Jesus.
So why didn’t I just have the most perfect life? Why the failures, pitfalls and struggles? Why did I turn to the world after being raised “in the Church?” I knew what the right path was. I just didn’t always take it. I thought it was too hard. I let the cares of life, disappointments, heartbreaks and shame steer me off course. I couldn’t believe I would ever be “good or holy enough.” So why try? I just knew I was hugely flawed and everyone else knew it; but me! I’m not going to “park on past sins street” for very long as none of us should dwell on our past. Yes, I was a Prodigal Daughter, but I have a Good, Good Father!
Just like so many of my Christian brothers and sisters; I began to believe the subtle lies of the evil one. THOSE thoughts, (which I have control over) came from the destroyer, Satan! The devil thinks he can steal my joy, destroy my faith and my witness by reminding me of the shame and guilt of my past. He keeps trying, too; but I have victory in Jesus. We are all called to take authority over Satan and his demonic spirits, because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus gave us that authority. Hallelujah! AMEN!
“Whatsoever things are good ……Think on these things”
Philippians 4:8
I am forgiven, I am washed by the Blood of the Lamb. Hallelujah! Not being able to stay on the “narrow” path, had, (I repeat with emphasis) HAD kept me from pursuing and fulfilling what God had planned for me, because I let it! I was running from my difficult calling, instead of trusting in the Lord’s strength to carry me.
Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13 ESV