Who I am

I know this is a dangerous topic, but I think it's important that as a Christian knowing who we truly are and not just our physical identity, but our spiritual. Probably going to expose a lot of things in this post, but it needs to come out and so the blogging must go on! "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,  I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus"
Philippians 3:13-14

I know for me a lot of the time I struggle with who I am and with that being said a week ago Sunday a buddy of mine and I had an in-depth conversation about this topic. He made some very good points in which the message that needed to be made clear to me was needless to say. During this entire conversation I would say God was very much present and evident with what was being said. My buddy who spoke to me told me some hard truths which revealed just a little bit more with what I had been wrestling with. At one point he made the comment that, You are a great guy. You have a wonderful heart. Let me people see Christ in you. The right woman will see that and adore that about you." Yeah yeah I know we were talking about marriage, but for a couple of single guys it seems to be a pretty common topic lol! Then it hit me... I had been looking at myself in the wrong perspective and what I have to offer. A lot of it goes back to my experiences from Iraq and a lot of what had been working with counseling.

The reality had hit and the truth was sinking in more and more the longer I thought about the conversation that we had had over the coming days. Very much a revelation for me with how God wants us to see ourselves and how looking at ourselves in the wrong light changes almost everything about us. It's like taking the smallest negative thing and putting it under the worlds strongest microscope. Putting it out there for the world to see and letting it become our identity for me this was the P.S.T.D. which I've dealt with since coming home from Iraq.

Understanding that I'm capable of a lot of different skills with potential that sometimes I have a hard time seeing, yet others continue to remark that they see it in me. They continue to push me and prove to me that I'm capable beyond what I think I am. It's not because I'm super smart or anything it's because of what I believe God has put in me. An example of this is that I thrive with challenges. I know it's funny, but it's just the way I've been. It's like where I excel lol call me crazy, but for the longest time that's what I remember when it comes to challenges.

Lastly don't forget who created you and who's children we are. For we are children of God, a saint, a holy one, have been redeemed and forgiven of all our sins because of what God has done for us. Because Jesus went to the cross so that we could become his righteousness and that we would know the Father who first loved us. The depth of his none of us can fathom, it covers us like a blanket when we think we are unlovable.

So trust God and trust in what He says who we are. Look to him and not to the world when you begin to wonder just what you are capable of. Chances are the world will not you that you can't do that and God will tell oh watch and see my child. Then you do it!

Well I'm heading out for a night of worshipping a living God! A God who saves! Be blessed!

© Nathan Fahlin

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