Who Am I?

How many times do we ask ourselves that question--who am I? It is a question that relates to all of us. It is so important to our existence that there are those who spend a large part of their lives in search of the answer. We want to be able to determine our identity in order to give our lives purpose. In that search it is easy to want to find our identity in each area of life. I am a student, a husband, a son, an employee, a minister, or you fill in the blank. We wear so many "hats" that it doesn't take long to realize how confused about our identity we really are. Around every corner more and more things compete for our attention. The temptation to compartmentalize becomes an itch needing to be scratched. Our family life is speparate from our professional life which is separate from our spiritual life and so on. Before we know it we are lost in the abyss of some multiple identity disorder. And, once again we are confused, left to sort out the inconsistencies while still asking ourselves the all too familiar question--Who am I?

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own posession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
1 Peter 2:9-10

Do not be confused. The message is clear for those of us who believe. Our identity is found in Christ alone as the people of God, as children of the King! If we live out our identity in this way we will be centered not on who we are and what we do but on who we are in Him. Everything else is just another aspect of our identity. May we not be afraid to take hold of the truth of our identity. I hope you will be blessed through reflection on the words of this song.

Who Am I
(Lyrics by Mark Hall; Music by Casting Crowns)

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart

Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You're

Chorus:
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours

Who Am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again
Who Am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me

I am Yours
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
'Cause I am Yours
I am Yours


Hi, my name is Mike. I am redeemed by Christ, a child of God, a servant of the King!

Who are you?