Identity

We are to have our identity in Jesus. It is a great idea. But it is hard to realize.

John 7:17 (CEV) If you really want to obey God, you will know if what I teach comes from God or from me.

One not willing to obey will find a way not to understand. We can read and read. If we are not willing to obey God we will not understand his word.

I think too a big step towards knowing ourselves is knowing God. If we truly understand the grace that God has for us we can more easily honestly look at ourselves. People cannot know themselves without knowing the One in whose image they are created.

Pascal said "Not only do we know God through Jesus Christ alone, but we know ourselves only by Jesus Christ."

Or as Paul said, "You cannot know yourself without being known by him.

1 Corinthians 13:12 (CEV) Now all we can see of God is like a cloudy picture in a mirror. Later we will see him face to face. We don't know everything, but then we will, just as God completely understands us.

Galatians 4:9 (CEV) But now you know God, or better still, God knows you. How can you turn back and become the slaves of those weak and pitiful powers?