Remind Me Who I Am

Today I overheard someone say to their friend, "Just be who you usually are.  Be yourself."

How often do we need to hear those words ourselves?

It is so tempting to change or alter or refine or disguise ourselves in different circumstances.  When we are with different friends, when we are with colleagues, when we meet someone for the first time, when we chat to our family, when we talk to our boss, when we are at an interview, when we are on a date, when we are with confident people, when we are with quiet people, when we are with intelligent people, when we are with fashionable people, when we are at church, when we are at the pub, when we are at the supermarket, when we are in a club, when we are by ourselves.

We can have so many different versions of ourselves that sometimes we forget who the original is, we forget how to "just be who you usually are."  Sometimes we get so caught up  in looking for ourselves in different ways and in different places, that we forget what it means to really be ourselves. 

We forget who we are.

But the Bible says that we are uniquely created and designed by God, we are His masterpieces [Ephesians 2:10].

So instead of adapting ourselves in different circumstances and with different people, let's work on finding out who we really are and celebrating and embracing that.  Discovering our true identity in Christ and not comparing ourselves to anyone else.

"So since we find ourselves fashioned into all of these excellently formed and marvellously functioning parts in Christ's body, let's just go ahead and be what we were made to be, without enviously or pridefully comparing ourselves with each other, or trying to be something we aren't."

[Romans 12:6, MSG]

These are the words of one of my favourite songs - Jason Gray "Remind Me Who I Am".  Beautiful and so profound.

When I lose my way,
And I forget my name,
Remind me who I am.
In the mirror all I see,
Is who I don't wanna be,
Remind me who I am.
In the loneliest places,
When I can't remember what grace is.

Tell me once again who I am to You,
Who I am to You.
Tell me lest I forget who I am to You,
That I belong to You.
To You.

When my heart is like a stone,
And I'm running far from home,
Remind me who I am.
When I can't receive Your love,
Afraid I'll never be enough,
Remind me who I am.
If I'm Your beloved,
Can You help me believe it.

Tell me once again who I am to You,
Who I am to You, whoa.
Tell me lest I forget who I am to You.
That I belong to You.
To You.

I'm the one you love,
I'm the one you love,
That will be enough,
I'm the one you love.

Tell me once again who I am to You.
Who I am to You.
Tell me lest I forget who I am to You,
That I belong to You, oh.

And this is a brilliant website about who the Bible says we are in Christ- http://www.joycemeyer.org/articles/ea.aspx?article=knowing_who_i_am_in_christ