#therealme

{Who am I? What gives me worth?} The plight of teenagers, twenty-somethings, and anyone who has ever wandered or felt displaced. For centuries, it's been the stuff of books and songs, then movies.

{What defines me? What am I really wrapped up in?}
Friends, followers, taste...words? Is it what they call me; how they see me?

Satan, and His influence on the world, seek to combat and crush the Truth inside of you, one believed lie at a time.

In Him, you are so much more than a carelessly slapped-on label, more than a genre, more than a body in a clique. Hold fast against lies, even when they feel like truths, within the unfailing armor He provided you {Ephesians 6:10-18}. Expose darkness with light {5:11}, and ask your Father, "Who do you say I am?" Who better to clarify who you are than the One who made you?

I am who I AM says I am.

             {See, #therealme never had anything to do with me. The real "me" was always about Him.}

Each label I attach to myself {or believe about myself}, that's not from Him or for Him, is another stone in the altar of 'self'.

"I am" leads to idolatry; I AM declared "it is finished." I have been ransomed. I am taken. I am Loved.

In Him, I have new Boldness. Confidence. Drive. Purpose. Destiny. Urgency. I am not characterized any longer by my flaws or by my shortcomings. I am no longer characterized by insecurity, timidity, or anxiety, rather through these weaknesses, my God is illuminated all the more. Where I am weak; He is strong {2 Corinthians 12:10}. I have all of the affection and affirmation I will ever need; they are no longer sought after in dark places. He is the source, the fuel, the light, the passion - the Craftsman whose handiwork is excellent, and a continuously carefully tended to work-in-progress {Philippians 1:6}.

Being His, #therealme, is where purpose and faith catch fire.