God's Image, Our Identity

God's Timing is good.

The teaching of this topic today was ordained by Him--I don't believe in coincidence, just divine planning.

After attending the YS conference in October my head reeled with information. I was elated to be able to teach a lesson inspired from a seminar taught by Jonalyn Fincher. Today, I finally had the chance to teach the high school students a lesson entitled "Comfortable in my Own Skin: God's Desire for our Identity and Self-Worth."

As women, we wear a lot of hats. But, we can also get caught up in the roles that we play. An exercise I had the students do was to think of all the roles that are played on a daily basis. (sister, [mom], student, [professional]...). Something God has to teach me often is that we are defined by none of these roles. They are blessings meant for us to enjoy, but first and foremost, we are children of God. Until we find our identity fully in Him, all else will pale in comparison and there will always be something missing.

Colossians 3:12 says: “Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”

Do you see that? God has CHOSEN us, we are HOLY and DEARLY LOVED. He's designed us for a purpose--to glorify Him with our entire life. Not in one "role"; but in every aspect of our lives.

Another analogy would be this: we all have different rooms in our houses. A bedroom, a living room, a kitchen. We do different things in those rooms: sleep, relax, eat. They are all built on a foundation, so to seek out what a foundation is made for is key. The foundation holds up the house, supports the rooms, and without it, the house would fall. So the question remains that I daily have to ask myself what is the foundation of my life built upon? Something that will fade away with time, or something solid & true?

Check out Jonalyn Fincher's blog. She is the author of a book entitled
Ruby Slippers: how the soul of a woman brings her home. I recommend this book--as always--to glean from what she's written.