Identity Crisis

Many parents, youth pastors, and pastors would all agree that "Christian" young people and "Christian people as a whole have lost their identity in this world...they no longer look different than their unsaved peers, they no longer act different, talk different, or even have different "worldviews" than their unsaved peers.

Ever wonder why that is? There is a very simple answer to this very complex question, the Word of God says very simply in Romans 8:15 - For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba Father."

Think about that scripture for a moment, it says very plainly that we are adopted into the family of God!!! What better family could there be? Is there anyone else that you would rather have as your Father than the one that hung the sun, the moon, and the stars in the sky?? Is there anyone else that you would rather have as your Father than the one that spoke and whole galaxies came into existence, who breathed the very breath of life into you? NO WAY, that is so AWESOME!! The God of all the universe picked me?? Yes, that is the very defintion of adoption, it means that out of all of the other kids that were better looking, more talented, or had better hair than you, God CHOSE you!! That is awesome, right?!?!?!!

So, what does it mean if all of the "Christians" are the same as the sinners? What this simply means is that instead of Christians receiving the Spirit of adoption that we are to receive at Salvation which begins the process of becoming totally different then our peers, we have received that spirit of bondage, that spirit of fear.

The scripture says in 2 Timothy 1:7 - For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. For the enemy to get a Christian into bondage he must first place a fear inside of them. The easiest fear for a person to yield to is the fear that they are not loved, therefore the enemy will lie to them in a spiritual desert and tell them that God does not love them and the people around them don't love them. This will eventually lead them into the bondage of trying to feel loved and trying to feel accepted. Therefore they forget who they are(A child of the King, whose salvation was paid for with the blood of Jesus Christ), and succumb to this identity crisis.

I have so much more that I want to say about this, but it is so much that it would be way too much for one blog...I will try to get another blog continuing on this topic posted next week...stay posted.

God Bless,
Nathan