who are you?

You don’t often pick up a biography and start reading in Chapter 8. I don’t at least, if you do I stand corrected.

But that’s what we do with almost all of the people we meet every day, isn’t it? We start reading on page 582, at that very moment. We get written into their story as anything from an extra to a main character. That means that we don’t have the whole book at our disposal yet – and so, from time to time, I think about the best way to get to know people.

If I could have the honest answer to one question, it would be simple. “Who are you?”

Not every detail about your personality, not your likes and dislikes, not your style or your attitude. Not even “Who do you want to be?” Take a look at what your life says about you – how would you sum up who you right now are at your very core in just a few words? Words like: disciple of Christ, encourager, leader, listener, peacemaker, adventurer, artist, loyal friend…

Most of us want words like those to describe us. I would argue that more often than not, my story and those of many others paints us as selfish, unoriginal, preoccupied, lazy, insincere, fearful, negative, uncommitted, misguided, opportunistic…

My challenge to myself and to anyone else who is willing to be honest is this: allow God to change you, making your story align with the answer to that question that he created you to give.