Daughter of the Star Breather
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Entering a new year, everyone seems to be trying to create a new identity. Every new year, I try to create a new identity--or I claim to try, that is. Since I was a young girl, I have fallen prey to the lie of envy, which has clouded my identity. For years I was jealous of my younger sister; boys further confirming my suspicions that she was better than me. Envy consumed my heart and affected all my actions. Nonetheless, I was oblivious.
Do you find that your own identity is affected by the labels others place on you? Do you label yourself based on lies of pride or envy or insecurity? Who do you think you are?
For years I saw myself as worthless and ugly. I was ashamed of myself; I was less than dirt. This mindset affected my life in little ways. I’ve always apologized for everything, been soft spoken, and couldn’t take a compliment--at all! I wasn’t living to my fullest potential, as Jesus calls us to in John 10:10. I was having an identity crisis, and I didn’t even know it.
Return to the third question I asked: “Who do you think you are?” In order to understand who we are, we must first understand who God is. I like to think of Psalm 33:6 when I remember who God is in all His might and power.
“By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.” (Psalm 33:6)
God breathed the stars! Yet He cares to know our hearts! (Check out Matthew 10:29-31!) I think it’s pretty amazing that God, who is powerful enough to breathe out stars and create life, cares so much for me that He humbled Himself as a man to suffer the punishment I deserved. God longs to redeem people from their sin (1 Timothy 2:3-4). He wants to reconcile us with Himself and adopt us as His children (1 John 3:1).
As a child of the living God, I have His Spirit living in me, the same Spirit that existed at the Creation, breathing out the stars. Keeping the almighty God in perspective, I have assurance that I am of value because I am a daughter of the star breather.