Inspiration
I Am Who I Am
by Jennifer Workman
“Love who God created you to be because you are uniquely you!”
— Jennifer Workman
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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
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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