Identity

The Lord has been teaching me a lot about identity lately and it's something that i need to keep at the forefront of my mind. It is so important to truly know the way the Lord sees us and shut out the opinion of man. I have been praying for a new pair of glasses to see what Jesus sees. If I don't let the Lord define me each day, the world automatically will. He is showing me that it's my choice to decide what I want to believe about myself. Satan wants us to live in condemnation and fear of other people because he is so afraid of who we might become. He knows that if we really knew who we were in Christ, then we would stop listening to his lies and embrace Truth. He wants to delute the Truth as much as he can. It's so easy to listen to get caught up in comparing ourselves or constantly looking for approval, but God has not called us to live that kind of life. He wants a bride who know who she is because she knows who her God is. He wants to set our generation free of false identity. We don't have to look to the people around, the media, or anyone else to define us any more. The fastest way Satan can attack and tear someone apart is through their thoughts. Damon Thompson says "The warefare of your life is happening in your mind." What we think about is going to determine how we behave.
The other day I was cleaning the rooms that the campers stayed in after they left. I was cleaning the mirrors and I hear the Lord say, "What do you see?" and I stopped and thought about a few things going on in my heart for a minute. I can be hard on myself a lot of times trying to please people or live up to a standard that someone else has set. So i felt a little discouraged by my response to His question because Satan was reminding me of negative things. I asked the Lord what He saw and I felt Him say, "I see a jewel. I see a treasure." I was taken back by His words. It changes everything to know what He sees. It changed the whole attitude of my day. He is teaching me how important it is to stay in a place where His voice is the loudest thing in my ears. He wants to drown out all other lovers. He wants us to fling away every negative mindset, every lie, and every bit of condemnation. Knowing my identity in Him is the most freeing thing i can think of because lies just seem to fall off. When we feel not good enough, not pretty enough, not this or that, we have to know the source of those words are not from the Lord. When we know our Shepard, we recoginize His voice.
John 10:4- "And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."
I love this verse because it reminds me that Satan's lies should be so foreign to us that we immediately are able to distiguish lies from Truth. Jesus is never condeming. He is such a good Lover that longs for His bride to know exactly what He sees. He loves it when we get it and receive His affections.
Im so thankful for His Truth. We don't have to worry about comparing ourselves to anyone else because we are each His special treasure that He created. YOU ARE HIS PRIZED POSSESSION!

The Lord is teaching me that the weapon to fight false idenitity is the Word. Im learning the power in confessing the Word. When i think and speak truth about what He says about me, it changes my attitute and even how I see life.

Daily Identity Confessions!

• I am loved 1John 3:3
• I am accepted Ephesians 1:6
• I am a child of God John 1:12
• I am Jesus' friend John 15:14
• I am a joint heir with Jesus, sharing His inheritance with Him Romans 8:17
• I am united with God and one spirit with Him 1Corinthians 6:17
• I am a temple of God. His spirit and his life live in me 1 Corinthians 6:19
• I am a member of Christ's body. 1 Corinthians 12:27
• I am a Saint Ephesians 1:1
• I am complete in Jesus Christ Colossians 2:10
• I am free from condemnation Romans 8:1
• I am a new creation because I am in Christ 2Corinthians 5:17
•  I am God’s Workman ship Ephesians 2:10
• I have been bought with a price and belong to God. 1 cor. 6:19-20
• I am fearfully and wonderfully made Psalm 139:14