Who Are You?

“I AM the True Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser” John 15:1 [AMP]

I try to be like Jesus, we all should be like Jesus. I have been asked a lot of the time, how come you are not stressed? How do you even find the time to read a book? I say to people that I read four books at the same time why because if I read one book I get bored. My brain needs to be working in different directions. Not one but four, so how do you find time to read four books at a time? It is simple, just live like Jesus! I am learning it every day, I am learning new things everyday. Just live like, He lived a totally stressed free life. And He had every excuse to be stressed. Are you ready to learn how to live stress free like Jesus?

“Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life” Jn.8:12 [emphasis added]. Jesus defined Himself. So to live stress free like Jesus the first thing you must know is you must know who you are. It is called the Principle of Identification. Know who you are! Jesus defined Himself, He says I Am. If you read the Bible, in eighteen places in the New Testament Jesus defined Himself. He said I Am the light of the world, I am the door, I am the Bread of Life, and so on. Jesus didn’t wait for people to define Him, He defined Himself, He knew who He was. “I am the one who testifies for Myself.” Jn.8:18. In other words, Jesus is saying here, I am the one that defines Myself. Many times we look to things to define us, we are looking to the car we are going to drive to define us, looking to our spouses to define us, or looking to clothes to define us. But Jesus said I am the one who defines Myself. If you do not know who you are someone else will tell you who they think you are and guess what? They are always wrong! The truth is if you do not know who you are the whole system is going to attempt to tell you who you are. Your shoe will try to tell you who you are. Some people’s shoes are so worn out and torn and as they walk their shoes will attempt to tell them who they are. For some others, it is their car that is attempting to tell them who they are. You drive a nice car and it is trying to tell you that you are cool. But the truth you must know is that you are beyond cool. So why do you want to reduce yourself to the definition of a car? Your house, friends, or even the bag you carry will try to define you. If you do not know who you are, you allow other things to manipulate you into who you are not. Yet the first key to living stress free is know who you are – the principle of identification.

Prayer: Father, I ask that it will please You to reveal me to me so that I too like Jesus will define myself and live stress free, in Jesus Name.