Do you know who you are?

Of course you do, or at least I hope so.  I am Karsten, I am African-American, I am a male, I am a teacher, and the list goes on and on.  But that's on the surface and superficial.  It's the obvious.  But do you know who you are?  Do you?  When we look at who were are,  we tend to look at all our relationships and that's good, in fact our interactions with people define who we are.  Let's dig deeper.  In order to know who you are, it is imperative for you to know whose you are.

Do you know who you are?  In your eyes, you may be Karsten, Sarah, Robert, Kimberly, Isaiah or whoever.  But we need to look at whose we are.  We are redeemed.  We are overcomers by the blood of the lamb and the words of our testimony.  We are not our own.  We have been preserved for this time and this hour to do the work set before us.

When we realize both who and whose we are, we recognize that we are a magnus opus.  We are children of destiny, promise and potential.  Because of who and whose we are our value as an individuals has been restored in Jesus.  We are not who we were, but rather, we are becoming who we were created to be.  Do you know who you are?  Do you know whose you are?  Realizing who and whose you are, bids us to say adieu to depression, codependence, jealousy, greed, bondage to the past, self-hatred, self pity, sickness and anything that is impeding us from reaching our true potential.  You are the salt of the earth, you have been called to be the head and not the tail.  Embrace your awareness of whose and who you are.  Great things will come to pass through you, because of who and whose you are.

Peace,
Karsten