Roots. Trunk. Branches. Fruit.

There is something about mornings that makes the presence of the Lord so sweet...
This morning I got up at 6am with the intention of spending time in the Word. You see...I am not a morning person. I stay up late and like my sleep. I've been telling myself that I would start waking up early but it usually doesn't happen since my mind knows I have an extra hour to sleep. But today was different.


Coffee. Banana. iPod. Journal. Bible. A quiet table with a view of the ocean.
As I have been walking into so many new things here, I have noticed the constant need for my confidence to be placed in Jesus 24/7. Without knowing my identity is in him, I start to drift into the mindset of not being good enough, belittling myself, or not stepping out. I notice a difference when I have missed times of true fellowship by myself with the Lord. I used to notice it after a week, but now after 2 days I feel it weighing heavily on me...like something is missing. And it is the constant reminder that Jesus wants to do everything with us. He wants to walk side-by-side with me in daily life. In the past 2 months, I have seen the importance of going to him everyday and placing who I am in Him, giving the day to His will, and declaring that I am a new creation in Christ. I was created in God's image. So I have found the importance of speaking identity over myself.

This morning as I sat down, I asked the Lord to reveal to me in His Word about who I am. I know what he has spoken over and over, but I wanted to read what He has written. I even went as far as to Google search where the Bible speaks about identity. This led me to Colossians.

I was blown away by how dense it is with truth and goodness. When you ask, God gives you new eyes to see the Bible. Today he spoke about being a new creation and how importance one life is to Him.

"Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him." 3:10
"For you died to this life, and you real life is hidden with Christ in God." 3:3

That last verse really sunk in. You probably hear it all the time, but today it really hit home. All the times I have felt self-conscious, too weak, inexperienced, not needed...I died to that. Jesus took those things to the grave with him. He made a way to beat death, and by trusting in Him I have received true life. I have died to that life of insecurities looming over my head. I can shake them off because my identity is truly found IN Jesus. He created me and knows my heart. He put those desires and dreams in me and knows what I am really capable of. Don't you think that the creator of something would know exactly what it's purpose and function is? Then why don't we run to him more often when we are unsure of who we are? He is faithful to show us!!! He is faithful to personally speak to us. What an amazingly simple thing to realize!
So this morning I took that on. I took on the Word of God, which is living, and ran with it. I put my confidence in the Lord and not my emotions and went on with my day.

"Let you roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness." 2:7"

Let your roots grow down. The more we study the words that God has written to us - the promises, the truth - the better we will understand who He is and who we are in him! Know that who you are is found in God. Seek this out!