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2013/01

Who Am I?

The Twitter bio was succinct: ‘I’ll let you know when I find out.’  

That expresses very clearly an experience common to the young – the search for the ‘true me.’  Growing up includes the struggle to identify our personality traits, our gifts, and our attitudes.  But as we seek to find out who we are, we must do so on the foundation of what God says about us.  

We are made by God: ‘I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made…’ (See Psa.139: 13-16)

We are physical-spiritual beings.  We have a body and we have a soul.  Gen.2v7 reveals that complete humanity is found in the union of body and soul.  Christ spoke of fearing the one who can ‘destroy both soul and body in hell.’ (Matt.10v28)

We are made for God. ‘The LORD hath made all things for himself…’ (Prov.16: 4)  Truly, our chief purpose is to exalt God in both lip and life; doing all things for His glory. (1 Cor.10v30)  

Thus ‘who am I?’ is a question that will determine how we live.  We are to present our bodies on the altar for God (Rom.12v1).  We are to use our hands for His glory, walk with our feet in His paths, and speak with our tongues of His truth.  But we are also to glorify God with our souls.  ‘For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.’  (1Cor.6: 20)  

We are to worship Him in spirit and in truth (John 4v24).  God has made us for fellowship with Him.  Yet such right living requires a work of God in our souls.  We will never live as we ought until we are born again.  We cannot glorify God in body and soul until we are bought with a price – the price of Christ’s blood.  So when asking ‘who am I?’ try asking first, ‘Who do I belong to?’  When you can really answer this question, make sure you let others know!

From the Old to the Young

“… it is certain that man never achieves a clear knowledge of himself unless he has first looked upon God’s face, and then descends from contemplating Him to scrutinize himself.” – John Calvin (Institutes of the Christian Religion, Vol.1, Ch.1: 2)

Dr. Stephen Pollock