Where do you find your identity?

I was watching an interview with the actor Jonathan Roumie on "Faith and Reason" (*see the direct link below), and he made this comment, talking about young people coming out of school now:

"When you're still just figuring out who you are and what God has planned for you and how he wants to use you in the world, knowing that it's okay to have an identity in Christ first and foremost, and not fearing having that identity, is one of the most important things . . ."

I loved his phrase "having an identity IN Christ."

So many of us identify with our work, position, or social status, and when we lose any of that, we are lost. But having an identity IN Christ is something more valuable, something we cannot lose.

Our identity IN Christ supersedes everything on this earth that we may accomplish, or associate with, because our identity IN Christ is not something of our own making, but something God has given us. The interview goes on to talk briefly about not being afraid of others seeing our identity IN Christ.

I thought his comment, "figuring out who you are and what God has planned for you and how he wants to use you in the world," is interesting. It's not so much that we have to "figure" all of this out, but, rather, mature spiritually to a place where we are open to it.

If you get a chance, check out this interview. At the very least, spend some time reflecting on your identity IN Christ.

Janet Cassidy

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Here is the direct link: 

*https://faithandreason.com/episodes/in-person-with-jonathan-roumie/