She walked into a Business Centre one morning with her work ID card hanging down her neck and after she had finished making payments for the photocopies that she made, she was given a very rough and dirty note as her balance. "No, no don 't give me this kind of note I won't accept it." Looks like she has been programmed to say this whenever anyone gave her that type of currency note and so she just did it spontaneously, but the cashier (having looked at the ID card that hung down her neck) said, "Haba Madam, you work in a bank now, you are in the best position to collect this money." Oh yes, that is very true, her identity had changed but she had not gotten used to the responsibility attached to that identity. She should gladly have collected that note and thereafter exchanged it with a better one at her office.
So far, we have been discussing certain realities of who we have become already in Christ Jesus. HE WILL NOT make us to become all these; He has already made us become all that He says we are. From now on, you are not expected to have identity crisis. Never allow people or circumstances to define who you are. No matter what anyone may say, no matter what your circumstance may be right now, none of these can alter your real identity in Christ.
When an eaglet grows up amongst chicks, even though it behaves and acts like them, its nature remains that of an eagle. Acting like a chick does not make it become a chicken. Its identity remains that of an eagle and so does its nature, abilities and potentials, except that the knowledge factor is missing coupled with a corresponding action too.
God expects us to give ourselves over to continuous learning, to be filled with knowledge so that we can appropriate it in our day-to-day walk.
…and has made known to us your love in the Spirit. And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
Colossians 1:8-10 ESV
Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
Colossians 2:6-7 ESV
It is not sufficient that you know who you are but a corresponding action in the light of what you know will prove that you actually know.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.
James 1:22-24 ESV
Make up your mind today to embark upon a life - long voyage of discovering who you are in Christ and taking advantage of all that has been made available to you through Him. His grace is what you have already, even right now to carry out this task. It is a worthy venture because at the end, you will be glad you did.
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
Titus 2:11-12 ESV