Avoiding The Crisis!

Sometimes people struggle in what they do because they are experiencing an IDENTITY CRISIS. They struggle in coming to grips with who they are and what their purpose in life might be. When there is a struggle with one’s personal IDENTITY it makes it difficult to relate to others. It also causes some to be unable or unwilling to do certain things because they feel those tasks are either below their dignity or they have something to prove.

Some at Corinth appear to have had a problem with pride because they had forgotten what they had been. ( 1 Corinthians 1:26-31) When we have a proper understanding of where we have been, where we are going, and what our HIGHEST IDENTITY is we will find it much easier to humbly submit to the serving of others. Jesus Himself provided us with such an example.

John recorded…
“(1) Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, (3) JESUS, KNOWING THAT THE FATHER HAD GIVEN ALL THINGS INTO HIS HANDS, AND THAT HE HAD COME FROM GOD AND WAS GOING BACK TO GOD, (4) ROSE FROM SUPPER. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. (5) Then he poured water into a basin AND BEGAN TO WASH THE DISCIPLES’ FEET and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.” ( John 13:1-5 ESV)

Here was the “Master” serving the “disciples” rather than the other way around. Jesus had no IDENTITY CRISIS. He knew Who He was. He knew where He had come from. He knew what His purpose was for being in this realm and where He was destined.

To truly recognize our IDENTITY as being “children of God” and “servants of God” we will avoid the crisis. We will not be lacking in good works. We will be humble enough to serve the needs of others regardless of what those needs might be. With a proper acknowledgement of who we are and Whose we are, we can live life without feeling we have something to prove about ourselves because it will be the wisdom and power of God that will ultimately be revealed in and through us. May we be willing to submit “to one another out of reverence for Christ.” ( Ephesians 5:21) By so doing our actions will be IDENTIFIED with those of our Lord.

Have a great day LIVING A CHRIST IDENTIFIED LIFE!
Carl

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