HIMPower Magazine May 2016 | Page 38

Inspiration I Am Who I Am by Jennifer Workman “Love who God created you to be because you are uniquely you!” ­— Jennifer Workman T his article is dedicated to all people who have wrestled with “identity issues.” People who have succumbed to the deceptions and lies of Satan and people that make them feel that is who they are, are not enough. For those who look to the media, look to relationships, look to money, look to material things and all the “world’s goods” searching for wholeness, when all along, true peace and satisfaction comes from God! Yes, “a peace” as the Bible so eloquently expresses “that surpasses all understanding that will guard our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7, NKJV).” We will never truly understand who we are apart from God because God is the orchestrator of all things. And, it is through pray and communication with the father and meditating on his word, is where we find the answers to who we 38  HimPower May 2016 are. For instance, “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous-how well I know it (Psalm 139: 13, 14, NLT).” Now, as you contemplate this particular citation from scripture, does that sound like a person that doesn’t have an identity? No, of course not! That sounds like a person that is undoubtedly special and an integral part of God’s purpose and plan for the world. You are who God created you to be and that is why you should never minimize your value and significance as a person. But, as you look at yourself, tell yourself, I am who I am because “Greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world (I John 4:4, NKJV).” I am who I am because God created me to be on this earth and to operate as an “ambassador