Who are YOU?

I have been thinking lately about identity and realizing that in the craziness of life the past few months, I have been ignoring mine. Don't get me wrong, I had glimpses of it but for the most part it sat in a pretty little box on a shelf to collect dust. And, as it was sitting on that shelf, I was forgetting who God truly says I am. As in, deeply, to my core who I am. When we don't keep that identity front and center, it opens the door wide for the enemy to yell the lies we tend to listen to and he does it in a way that we somehow start to believe.

My husband and I were talking the other night and I started speaking about identity. I looked at him and said that I know without a doubt that God has given me two specific phrases to focus on and I spoke them aloud and with authority. There was a moment when I did this that was incredible. I believed it. I could feel it to my core. I resonated with it. I knew it was truth from God. I felt peace about it. AND, I got a glimmer of excitement again. Yes, I know it can be unnerving too because the call can feel big and the words can be bold but I knew that the words I had been listening to were lies. Those lies can come from some of your closest people who you love the most. Words really matter. God's words matter the most.

What if you spent some time with God and asked who He says YOU are? One thing that is so cool when we do this and are around others who also know, we can see how uniquely God created each of us! I have the privilege of operating in my identity and I can celebrate your amazing identity too! Another thing that happens when you become more aware of who God says you are, is that you recognize when you are being derailed by non-godly influences. Shift can happen faster with less distraction.

While spending much time working with women of all ages and in different capacities, one glaringly consistent issue is that we are living in a distracted, busy culture. The busier people are, the less time they spend with God to hear what He wants to say. The busier we are, the less time we spend in God's word knowing to our core what truth is and, instead, we open the door for so many lies. If the enemy can distract us from God's truth, we miss all God has for us. I don't know about you but I am not interested in all this distraction. I deeply desire a life where I am intimately connected to God living out who He says I am. I do not want to keep up with the Joneses rather I want to rest in God's desire knowing that I am enough in His eyes by simply existing with Him. What if we lived this out and taught the next generation as well? What ripple can we create prioritizing rest in Christ? I promise you His best is not a spinning out of control, exhausted woman. I have been there too many times and I know it is not when I am living my best life with God.

Our world will try to convince you otherwise. Would you join me in choosing to buck what the world wants? Let's spend some time in God's word and look at what community, family, church, etc were intended to be. A great convo for a different day. Our brains were not created to be inundated with the borage of information that comes at us today. So how do we slow life down, spend more time listening to God, and living in our identity the way He intended. This is a great question for us to discuss and take to the Lord. What are your thoughts?

Sister, you are a wildflower. God created you uniquely in HIS image. He wants you to be in relationship with Him in order to be all the best He has for you!