The other night I had a chance to sit with a true prayer warrior and daughter of Christ.  The wisdom that I gained in those moments were set by God’s timing for me to hear and receive.  She let me know, through, our conversation that I did not have a sin problem, rather I had an Identity problem.  You see as a believer, we are called to God’s word and in God’s word we are constantly lifted up.  Jesus is continuous in his praise of those who have chosen him and in the ability of his children.  I heard it said best like this, Jesus wants to take our natural and give us his Super natural.  As he watches us and protects us, he sees us as blameless because the truth is the cross washed us clean.  We are the ones who stay in these fights with ourselves and the problem when your battling sin is your focus stays on you.  You are not able to truly accept the man or woman of God you already are.  We do not become Saints, we already are.  You see when Christ paid the price for us that was for our eternal life that he paid that price, so when we have these parts of our life that continue to pull at us and trick us, its because we are not standing firm in the place that Christ has put us.  We are at his right hand and even scriptures says we will do greater things than him.  He created us and molded us to be the light of the World.  Now, obviously we have the Holy Spirit to guide us, but our Identity is not the broken man or woman we see in the mirror and we must stop looking at that brokenness.  God knows we were broken but he says very clearly in Ephesians 2: ” As for you, you WERE dead in your transgressions and sins.” He let’s us know right there using the word “were” that we are no longer there no he continues in verse 4 and says: “But because of His great Love, God, who is rich in mercy, made us ALIVE with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions- it is by Grace you have been saved.”  My friends how amazing is that for us.  God’s truth is in the bible and the bible says we have been made ALIVE in Christ, so do not waste anymore time looking at the person you think you are, rather believe that you are the blameless, adored, pure, new creation son or daughter of the One true God.  Please know that this truth is something that is new for me, because though I have known this about God, I did not believe it fully for myself, until now.  I will no longer allow my time to be snatched away by lies.  I am going to let God’s embrace on my life be what guides me through this journey.  It is a new feeling and very hard to do at first, but the more I read scripture, the more I realize, that he wants us to live our lives to the full.  When we have him first, living that full life is a full time desire for the lost and the broken to see their true identity in Christ.