This morning I couldn't find my phone anywhere and had to drive quite a distance relying on my memory of how to get from point A to B. When I drive, I focus on my immediate surroundings ("What's that car doing?"), not if I'm going east, west, south, north.
I pay little attention to signs, boroughs, and just enjoy the drive, letting GPS figure out where we're going. Space cadette activities. 😂
Needless to say, driving without my phone is not something I ever do.
So this morning I looked and looked and looked for my phone but it was nowhere to be found. Time was quickly running out and I had to make a decision.
Finally, I gave in. I could feel God in this whole thing- I'd prayed to find my phone which usually works for lost items, but nothing. He was here. And He was peaceful about it. I knew He wanted me to drive without it.
I wish I could say I decided to trust Him, but what I really said was, "If I get lost, I'm coming back home."
I did indeed find my way there and back easily (and even got where I was going early). Normally, I listen to sermons in the car, but this time I was alone with God and all He wanted to talk about was identity.
He'd been allowing me to feel a bit of the utter despair so many are in right now since last Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. It's a level of despiar that reminds me of the pandemic but tinged with fear and hatred. To be honest, it feels like a dangerous level of despair and I've been praying for people to resist the spirit of fear that is trying to actually derail lives in big and small ways.
I was surprised when He wanted to talk to me about the importance of identity because I did not see how the two were related.
But I listened, and as I drove without my trusty map on the screen in front of me but was somehow getting exactly where I needed to be, He wanted me to ask, "Who Are You?"
He showed me how not knowing who you really are is the root cause of many believer's struggles.
He showed me that yes, He gives us more than one identity in this life, but when the primary one is rooted in anything but the Man Jesus Christ, we open a door to more than we realize.
He showed me that the reason the enemy encourages people to yoke their primary identities to earthly things is because he knows this earth will not last forever and wants the same for them.
This episode is about knowing who you really are and why that makes all the difference.
 "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:21
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