You are good, You are good
When there's nothing good in me
I like the idea that this first line sets forth: God is good even when I am not. God is the good in me. People will tell you that college is the place to search for your identity. I know that many people will leave college having learned knew things about themselves, and some people will leave college just as lost or even more lost than when they came. That is the nature of the search. But because God continues to seek us, there is always the opportunity to be found.
Identity has been on my mind a lot lately. A friend recommended a sermon series that I have started watching that focuses on our identity in Christ. That is exactly it: we are in Christ. That is our identity. That seems like it is so simple. Like it has been bottled down. But it is true.
If someone were to ask me who I am, I would probably start explaining like this: I'm often quiet and mellow, I warm up slowly to others, I love my family, I love bargain shopping, I'm a vegetarian, I'm a camp counselor, I'm studying dietetics...That tells you some things about what I do and what I love, but not who I am. Sometimes who we are isn't an easy conversation. It is hard to shape the words around it. Sometimes it has to be witnessed.
Who I am is In Christ, and that shapes everything that I do and how I love the people that I love. God is the good in me - He is my identity.
For he chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will.
Who we are shapes what we do. We are nothing of this world. A lot of this is still floating around above my head. It is hard to grasp. Identity is a process of growth, and God is there to nurture that growth. We are constantly learning more and more about what it means when He tells us that we are created in His image.
~SP
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