I want so much to remind you who you are I want you to know that it doesn't matter what other
people have called you that it doesn't even matter what you've called yourself there is only one
who has the right and the authority to tell you who you are I want you to know that other
people aren't qualified to name you and circumstances they may have made things
difficult for you but they actually aren't powerful enough to define you
I want you to know that your history may have marked you but it is not authorized to label you
I want you to know that what your mama called you or what your daddy did to you
it may have hurt you and it may actually take real emotional work and years to kind of come up out of
the the unhealth that it rooted into your life I understand that but I want you to know that it
does not have the power to shape the totality of who it is that you've been called to be
listen to me you are not defined by your past you are not defined by your behavior you are
not defined by your failures you are not defined by your struggles you are not defined by your
feelings you are not defined by your circumstances you are not defined by the here today gone
tomorrow false ideologies and philosophies of our current culture you are who God says you are there
are a lot of voices in life trying to define us tell us who we are instead of letting people
define you instead of letting circumstances label you you need to go back to what God said about you
God says you can do all things through Christ you're equipped and empowered other voices will
tell you the problem's too big you don't have what it takes if you let these other voices play it
will keep you from your destiny the only one that knows who you really are is your creator he calls
you a masterpiece he said you've been fearfully and wonderfully made he said you will be mighty in
the land that you are more than a conqueror strong confident approved valuable that's who you were
created to be when you say what God says about you then you activate what he put on the inside
He has said that you are a chosen race you're a royal priesthood you are a person that has
been redeemed and chosen adopted and qualified you are not a mistake you are not an afterthought you
are not a liability you have been created in the very image of God that means every aspect of your
physicality it means the skin you're in it means the hair texture that is on your head it means the
structure of your body every unique aspect of your physicality and my physicality has been made in
the very image of God that even your personality is a unique expression of the creative genius of
God you are made and fitted with the uniqueness of your personality and your temperament in the image
of God you are not introverted by mistake you are not extroverted by mistake you are who God created
you to be even your weaknesses aren't a liability they are actually a unique fitting by God because
your weaknesses just become a platform for the strength of God to be displayed through your life
We are all wonderfully created by a creator God
and are unique as an individual you are different than any human being that has ever been on this
planet or is on this planet now everything within you screams of your individuality
screams of your uniqueness and that God has a purpose and he made you on purpose
to match an identity your DNA no one on this planet has your DNA think about that billions
of people and no one has your DNA you have a fingerprint that screams you are unique
you're an individual and that you're created in a special way for a special purpose on purpose
God made you a certain way on purpose quit allowing the world to discredit your divine
design quit allowing the world to define you the world will try to impose an identity on you
families will try to impose an identity on you the culture will try to impose an identity on
you and it'll ruin your life it'll ruin your your purpose and so y'all we live in a day and
age where if you have not noticed where the enemy is running rampant with this issue of identity
we can tell this because everything is being redefined
the things that God has already given definitions to everybody's trying to redefine
but you are who God says you are you are who he has created you to be this issue of identity y'all
is so important because the enemy wants so much to twist and turn your identity your image of who
God has created you to be because you will either live up to or you will live down to whatever you
believe to be true about who you are so this issue of identity is so critical now the enemy will work
overtime to try to steal your sense of value your sense of worth he knows if he can distort your
identity who you are and convince you that you're just average nothing special about
you then he can keep you from your greatness you may not even realize this but there's a spiritual
war going on over your identity and satan knows that if he can keep you from being you
who God made you to be if he can hide your true identity if he can distort your true identity
if he can destroy what God intended for you to be he has succeeded in hurting God by hurting God's
children now how does satan do this how does satan keep you from knowing your true identity
well he uses a lot of different tools one of the tools he uses is the opinions of other people
your parents said things about you your peers have said things about you your partners have
said things about you enemies and friends have said things about you some of them were true
some of them were not true but they were all trying to mold you into their image people all
your life have been trying to get you to be what they want you to be not what God wants you to be
and satan uses the opinions of others to keep you from the true you what you were meant to be by God
satan uses hurt and he uses pain in your life to deceive you and disguise your true identity
because if he can get you resentful if he can get you bitter if he can get you angry guilty or
ashamed he knows you're going to miss your true identity now satan wants to steal your identity
so he says things like this you have to earn God's acceptance to be loved and liked by him to be
accepted by God you got to earn it he says things like you don't matter you're not important you're
never going to mount anything in fact you're flat out worthless he says it to you all the time he
says things like you know that thing you that sin you committed you could never be forgiven for that
you should be ashamed of yourself all shame comes from satan doesn't come from God shame comes from
satan you should be ashamed of yourself Jesus said I didn't come to condemn the world but save it
you should you'll never be forgiven for that who do you think you are
and then he says things like you could never do it get it right who do you you know who do
you think you could never do anything right now he says those and that hides your true identity
God created you on purpose for a specific purpose and your identity is directly connected to that
and the devil knows it when you don't know it so he wants to impose a false identity on you
he wants to create a a fallen identity or identity confusion anything he can do to mess up your
identity will affect your purpose in this life and so we know we connect you to your identity
you're going to fulfill your purpose in this life you're going to be filled with joy you're
going to be fruitful you're going to be happy you're going to be fun to be around it's going
to change everything when God looks at you he sees you as his treasured possession nobody values you
more than God nobody the bible says this in Isaiah 43:4 God says you are precious to me
now your parents may have never called you precious but God does God says you are precious
to him you are holy you are extremely valuable now why am I extremely valuable is because
Jesus gave his life for me that shows my value Jesus gave his life for me a lot of people say
well you know I'm I'm nothing I'm worthless I'm no good I'm just junk Jesus did not die for junk
how much are you worth look at the cross this is how much you're worth
those people who told you when you're growing up you're not worth anything
you're not important and in so many ways they said to you you don't matter as much as your
sister does or your brother does or whatever does you don't really matter that much they were lying
They were lying because you are not only completely acceptable to God
through Christ but you are extremely valuable to God because of what Christ did for you
what a shame to live and die and never really know who you are what could you become if you saw
yourself the way God sees you what dreams could you accomplish what obstacles could you overcome
what businesses could you build what books could you write what influence could you have if you
only knew who you are you are no ordinary child put your shoulders back hold your head up high
and step up to who you were created to be don't let the world conform you into some image that
you won't even recognize but be transformed now by the renewing of your mind and let
God define you and no one else define you because if you'll let God define you in who you are
you will live life and the abundance that God has provided in this life amen