People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates. —Thomas Szasz
The above mentioned quote suggests we each make our own identity.Recently I heard someone testify to how being involved in a Christian workplace, with people who loved and cared for them had not only assisted them to recovery and overcoming their old self but had also helped them to establish their God-created identity.
As I listened to this person share their story I reflected on the similarities of my own recovery and Christian walk and realised how much God had shaped me through the relationships and circumstances He has granted me in my life.
Matthew 5:48 "In a word, what I'm saying is, Grow up. You're kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you,
For each of us, as we travel the recovery road and become the people God created us to be it is imperative we heed the verse above from Matthew - Grow up and accept as we mature in our recovery and faith we are not the same people who lived the lives of failure and destruction. We are a 'New Creation'
2 Cor. 5:17 Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life burgeons!
Recovered not recovering...
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