This past weekend, I took a much needed retreat to Lake Martin (which is in Alabama) with my church. I learned so many different things and grew closer to God. One thing I learned was that I have an identity in Christ. Sure, I knew this, but I never really thought about it. I feel that many people don’t really think about it either, but it is truly something we should all learn and think about.

So on this retreat, we went around to different stations on our last day and had to complete the activity listed there. One station included a sheet of paper that stated My Identity in Jesus. You were told to take a sheet and read through the different identities to choose the top five that you felt you related with the most. Each identity had a verse that went with it. At first, I was not really sure how I was to figure out which identities that I felt spoke to me the most. What if I liked them all or didn’t feel much excitement about any of them? I prayed that God would show me who I needed to be in Him. The hardest part of this activity was trying not to cry because I found who I needed to be in God. Yes, I picked five. I learned through this that I am a child of God, I am Delighted in, I am a Masterpiece, I am Bold and I am Holding a Secured future. This is now what I want to strive to remember every single day about myself.

Now that I have talked about myself, I want to help all of you try and find your identities in Christ Jesus. There are so many different ones, and technically we can be defined by all of them when we become true followers of Jesus. God wants us to know that even when we feel like we have no identity or we don’t know who we are, we can remember that in Him we have an identity. We are His! So, my challenge to all of you is to look at this list of identities below, pray that God will show you which ones He wants you to remember to be, and then pick five that speak to you and live by those every day!

P.S.: This is the link to the list of identities!