What if your identity wasn’t something you had to find, but something you were meant to grow into?

Think of this as getting a brand-new suit of clothes. The fabric is amazing. You never thought you’d have a suit this fine in your life. It’s beautiful. You put it on, but it’s ridiculously big for you. You turn to the tailor, doubt in your eyes, and you see Jesus standing there, a tape measure draped over His arm.

Jesus just smiles. You don’t say anything, but you’re thinking, I need to have this suit taken in so it will fit me. Now, Jesus hears your thoughts, and He says, No, don’t make the suit smaller. Grow into it.

That’s what we do when we become Christians. God gives us identity. We already have it. But to walk in it, we need to grow into our identity in Christ. With the Holy Spirit’s guidance and power, we grow into the people that God created us to be. Then, we can do the amazing things He has planned for us to do.
There’s so much we don’t know and understand about God. Most of all, we need to get to know God, to know Jesus, and to know the Holy Spirit. We need to learn to hear Their voices and to know Their hearts. We need to feel comfortable talking to Them and walking with Them throughout our days.

Ephesians 4:22-24 gives us the practical steps:

"Put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness."

Take off your old self—your old way of thinking and living. That means unplugging from your old way of fulfilling desires. Don’t let desires drive you to do the things you used to do. Be renewed in the spirit of your mind. Renew your mind with God’s Word and the wisdom of godly people in your life.

Put on Christ. Put on the new suit.

Accept the fact that your spirit is perfect before God. Right now, your life has been united with Christ. You no longer have any sin in your life. Jesus came to make you whole. Jesus wiped out your past. In God’s eyes, it is no more. Now there’s only you and the future you’ll have together with God.

Romans 12:2 (NLT) will be your reality:
"Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think."
Transformed people transform nations. This is your identity, and this is your destiny.