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It was two years ago this April that the Lord did some major healing in my life. I had a broken image of my identity and calling, and God restored that. I remember when He showed me a picture of this beautifully-wrapped, pink gift. He spoke to my heart and told me that He had a calling upon my husband’s and my life that was more beautiful than I had ever imagined! I remember the tears and the healing those words brought to me.
The calling wasn’t because my husband and I are so wonderful or qualified in ourselves. Rather, He qualifies the called.
This year, I am seeing the lid coming off the gift of His calling upon our lives. I am a bit nervous but also excited! Humbled by the privilege of serving with Him! Humbled with the honor of bringing others to Him and sharing Him so that the “captives might be set free!”
Jesus has a calling upon each of our lives — a purpose that far exceeds our wildest dreams!
The calling is wrapped up in Himself — in His image. Our destiny, worth, and image is tied within the gift of Jesus Himself!
Recently, my husband and I were having a conversation, and the Lord revealed with burning clarity the truth of why we need to know that our worth, identity, and purpose is in Jesus.
If we are looking for worth and identity in ministries, in missions, in a church, in relationships, in appearance, in education, in vocation, etc…, we will encounter a lot of rejection that we will take on as our own. We will struggle with a lot of pride, comparisons, envy, judgment, hurt, and insecurity.
On the other hand, if we understand that our identity is in Jesus, we will be completely secure, fulfilled, and “whole.” Why? Because we will know this…
Jesus is our identity!
Because Jesus is eternal, perfect, and unconditional, we can rest secure in Him — never feeling that our reflection is marred or rejected because of the opinion of someone else!
Let me restate that:
We can rest secure in Him — our true identity — because He is eternal, flawless, and secure, full of unconditional love!
Our identity is in Jesus!
Grace In The Moment 
Because of our faith in His blood we are holy, blameless and beyond reproach. — Colossians 1:19-23