We can go many years throughout our lives and not know our true identity. Associating with groups that give us temporary laughter and intermittent positivity, yet still not know what our identity truly is. This is where many people stand. We can grow up in a household that on the outside looks healthy, but on the inside is broken. It is not easy trying to act like you have it all together when things seem to be breaking down. This happens because of the many forces that attempt to shape us based on traditions, desires, upbringing, preconceived notions, and individual's selfish interests in us. And maybe the individuals we are connected to or raised by do not truly know their identity either. If someone doesn't know their own identity, how can they be a good mother, father, friend, cousin, sister, brother, to you? This is where the problems lie. In order to fix these issues we must have a proven guide to follow in our life. When we make it a point to follow the Lord, things work out much better than if we try to do things on our own.
Outside forces such as movies, commercials, television programs and social media add to the identity conundrum as well. These factors will make life complicated and exhausting for those that do not have true direction and/or a foundation to stand on. What I mean by foundation is a roadmap and guide to hold your decisions up to. A gage to know if you are heading in the right direction or not. It can be very difficult to find the proper way of life in society when everything that looks healthy, right, and fun, is many times only a facade from the public, and not really healthy for you. There is a way that seems right, but in the end it leads to death (New International Version. Proverbs.14.12). How can we find our identity if we are engaging in what everyone else is doing or what others always tell us to do? This will not work. We usually find this out much later in our lives. And this is why a foundation is vital.
Have you ever went somewhere you did not want to go to, but you did anyway? You may have felt empty and unfulfilled afterward. It is because you did not make your decision based on a correct roadmap, it was more than likely made by giving into a demand or pressure from an outside source (e.g., friend, parent, sibling, co-worker, etc). This is a constant in a lot of people's lives. If it happens in your life, we want to fix that today. It can change with understanding, and being open-minded to change. Without openness to change, growth, and understanding -- your identity will remain hi-jacked by all of the outside forces I previously mentioned.
Foundations are not easy to lay because there is extensive and consistent faith and labor that must be administered to build them. It takes repetition of things you may not want to do for the necessary time that is needed to lay it down or create it. Your foundation will be laid with interacting consistently with what your burning desire is to do and be in life. This desire must be fed and communicated with continuously. Like a reminder sheet or note for your daily life, continuing to keep yourself in a lane that is not controlled by emotion or sporadic influences. As you gain a rhythm of connecting with the yearning you have in your life, it will pull your identity to you. Finding your identity can only be accomplished if you are listening to the right voice or voices. This voice can be what you say to yourself consistently or what others say to you. It can even be through music, YouTube Ads, preachers, and anything else that you hear and listen to. The voice you listen to must be a voice of reason, care, and focus. One of the main problems with people is listening to the wrong voices and continuing to do so drives your life in a direction that is partially happy and partially empty.
Finding your identity has a lot to do with being uncluttered and free to test and taste and experience what your eyes and ears draw you too. If you have a cluttered life clarity will not be a part of it. Make sure you do not have friends that are hasty and impetuous. Friends that are not pushing you to do things they only want and not looking out for your interests as well.You will never find your identity with this group of friends. Friends and environment are important. You are the creator and builder of your friends and your environment. Make sure that you remember that. Make rules to what type of company you will keep and what time you will be home when you leave the house. Personal rules are good.
I have learned if you watch someone doing something and you have a burning desire to do that same thing in a perfect or elite way, that action is possibly tied to your identity. Pay attention when this happens. For instance, if you receive packages in the mail and scrutinize the detail of the packaging, coupled with, consistently providing an answer or a more detailed way to package the items, your identity may be in the flower business or something that has to do with packaging and presenting things for people. Maybe an interior designer or wedding planning. Begin to pay attention to what drives you to want to do that thing better than what are seeing. This is your guide to your identity. Presentation is everything in business. Look into that as well. God will be able to use your gift of detail in packaging and/or presentation to change many people's lives. You might be a consultant or a coach, or maybe a manager because your attention to detail.
The only way you will truly be able to have peace in your identity is to involve God in everything you do. Jesus is the Prince of Peace. He will open up lanes and opportunities you have never imagined. If you need to find yourself ask God to help you find what he has placed inside of you. If you are patient He will guide you to this destination. It is time to put yourself first. You cannot find your identity going with the flow. Begin today to create rules for your life. Be accountable to these rules, and keep asking the Lord to guide you to your destiny.
When it comes to God you must show Him that you have an interest in His guidance. He can only order your steps and guide you properly if you are interested in living a righteous life. A righteous life is one that lives to work to eliminate sin from its daily actions and thoughts. The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand (New International Version. Psalms. 37.23-24). Finding your identity is not the easiest thing in the world, but if you ask God to guide you and incorporate Bible teaching and rules to abide by -- all things are possible.
Outside forces such as movies, commercials, television programs and social media add to the identity conundrum as well. These factors will make life complicated and exhausting for those that do not have true direction and/or a foundation to stand on. What I mean by foundation is a roadmap and guide to hold your decisions up to. A gage to know if you are heading in the right direction or not. It can be very difficult to find the proper way of life in society when everything that looks healthy, right, and fun, is many times only a facade from the public, and not really healthy for you. There is a way that seems right, but in the end it leads to death (New International Version. Proverbs.14.12). How can we find our identity if we are engaging in what everyone else is doing or what others always tell us to do? This will not work. We usually find this out much later in our lives. And this is why a foundation is vital.
Have you ever went somewhere you did not want to go to, but you did anyway? You may have felt empty and unfulfilled afterward. It is because you did not make your decision based on a correct roadmap, it was more than likely made by giving into a demand or pressure from an outside source (e.g., friend, parent, sibling, co-worker, etc). This is a constant in a lot of people's lives. If it happens in your life, we want to fix that today. It can change with understanding, and being open-minded to change. Without openness to change, growth, and understanding -- your identity will remain hi-jacked by all of the outside forces I previously mentioned.
Foundations are not easy to lay because there is extensive and consistent faith and labor that must be administered to build them. It takes repetition of things you may not want to do for the necessary time that is needed to lay it down or create it. Your foundation will be laid with interacting consistently with what your burning desire is to do and be in life. This desire must be fed and communicated with continuously. Like a reminder sheet or note for your daily life, continuing to keep yourself in a lane that is not controlled by emotion or sporadic influences. As you gain a rhythm of connecting with the yearning you have in your life, it will pull your identity to you. Finding your identity can only be accomplished if you are listening to the right voice or voices. This voice can be what you say to yourself consistently or what others say to you. It can even be through music, YouTube Ads, preachers, and anything else that you hear and listen to. The voice you listen to must be a voice of reason, care, and focus. One of the main problems with people is listening to the wrong voices and continuing to do so drives your life in a direction that is partially happy and partially empty.
Finding your identity has a lot to do with being uncluttered and free to test and taste and experience what your eyes and ears draw you too. If you have a cluttered life clarity will not be a part of it. Make sure you do not have friends that are hasty and impetuous. Friends that are not pushing you to do things they only want and not looking out for your interests as well.You will never find your identity with this group of friends. Friends and environment are important. You are the creator and builder of your friends and your environment. Make sure that you remember that. Make rules to what type of company you will keep and what time you will be home when you leave the house. Personal rules are good.
I have learned if you watch someone doing something and you have a burning desire to do that same thing in a perfect or elite way, that action is possibly tied to your identity. Pay attention when this happens. For instance, if you receive packages in the mail and scrutinize the detail of the packaging, coupled with, consistently providing an answer or a more detailed way to package the items, your identity may be in the flower business or something that has to do with packaging and presenting things for people. Maybe an interior designer or wedding planning. Begin to pay attention to what drives you to want to do that thing better than what are seeing. This is your guide to your identity. Presentation is everything in business. Look into that as well. God will be able to use your gift of detail in packaging and/or presentation to change many people's lives. You might be a consultant or a coach, or maybe a manager because your attention to detail.
The only way you will truly be able to have peace in your identity is to involve God in everything you do. Jesus is the Prince of Peace. He will open up lanes and opportunities you have never imagined. If you need to find yourself ask God to help you find what he has placed inside of you. If you are patient He will guide you to this destination. It is time to put yourself first. You cannot find your identity going with the flow. Begin today to create rules for your life. Be accountable to these rules, and keep asking the Lord to guide you to your destiny.
When it comes to God you must show Him that you have an interest in His guidance. He can only order your steps and guide you properly if you are interested in living a righteous life. A righteous life is one that lives to work to eliminate sin from its daily actions and thoughts. The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand (New International Version. Psalms. 37.23-24). Finding your identity is not the easiest thing in the world, but if you ask God to guide you and incorporate Bible teaching and rules to abide by -- all things are possible.
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