Who are you? What is your identity in?  Most of us answer by describing our roles in life.  We have many roles we play in life.  For myself some of the roles are aunt, friend, daughter, photographer, sister, etc.  While the roles in my life are part of who I am and they are important to me, it is not where my identity lies.  If I find my identity in these roles I will not be satisfied.  Because I am finding my satisfaction in something that will always leave a void that only God can fill.  “The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.” Timothy Keller

We sometimes answer this question not only with the roles that are in our lives.  But sometimes with our past or what has been spoken over us or labels given to us by others in our lives.  One example of this would be victim.  We sometimes are victims because of what has happened to us in our lives.  If we are not careful, it can become our identity.  When we think about who we are, we think about what has happened and this becomes who we are.  Many times when we are a victim, something is lost and we need to grieve that loss and the hurt.  And sometimes we can use their life circumstances to help others through similar situations.  But it should not be where our identity lies.

In my own life when I think about the question of who am I, too often the roles in my life come to mind.  Rather than where my true identity lies and that is in God and Jesus.

I am a daughter of the King.  He is my Father and Creator.  “Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—” John 1:12  

“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.” 1 John 3:1-2  

“For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.” Galatians 3:26

I am His princess and I was accepted into a royal family when I chose Jesus as Lord over my life.  “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” 1 Peter 2:9

I am a sinner saved by grace.  Jesus paid the penalty for my sin.  “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23

I live in freedom and I am forgiven as a child of God.  “For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—” Romans 6:6  

“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1  

“For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.” Romans 5:10  

I am loved by a Father unconditionally no matter what I have been through and no matter what I do in my life.  His love for me is not contingent on my actions.  “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.” John 15:9

“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39

So I ask you again who or what is your identity in?  Is it in in our past or the roles that we fulfill in life or is it in our Creator who is the only one that can fill those voids we have?