Know Who You Are In Christ - Victoria Osteen

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It has so much to do with 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:59.400 what we identify, with how we see ourselves, what we 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:04.240 go after. In fact, our image is our source of 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:08.440 strength and confidence. That is really the key to living 0:02:08.480 --> 0:02:12.639 the abundant life that Jesus came to give us. Now, 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:16.919 our image was distorted in the garden, it was separated 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:17.600 from God. 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:19.040 But God said, I'm. 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:22.720 Going to rebirth this image in you. So you have 0:02:22.800 --> 0:02:26.520 been rebirthed with the image of God when you said 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:31.760 yes to Jesus. But too often things that happen in 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:35.440 our life, maybe the way we were raised a divorce, 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:41.360 hurts and pains. Try to distort or smear that image 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:46.040 that tries to cover up the true you, the one 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:50.320 that God created in his image. Then you begin to 0:02:50.440 --> 0:02:52.760 identify with your circumstances. 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:54.919 You begin to identify with. 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:59.400 The pain, when all along God never intended these things 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:00.920 to hurt you. 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:02.880 He intended you. 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:06.160 To know who you are in Christ Jesus, and to 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:11.200 identify with Him and his power that lives in you. 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:14.840 You see, if you don't know who you are, you 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:22.519 won't know what to identify with. It's interesting because God 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:27.200 knows what we're made of. He knows who we are. 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:30.799 He knows that we were made in his image. The 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:36.520 question is today, do we know the image that's on 0:03:36.600 --> 0:03:37.760 the inside of us? 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:41.040 Or how we allowed things to distort that image. 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:45.240 I was thinking the other day, the only way I 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:48.320 know what I look like is because I can see 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:51.560 myself in the mirror. I get up in the morning, 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:55.280 I wash my face, I brush my teeth, and there 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:57.160 I am looking back at myself. 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:02.040 We all know what we look like only because of 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:02.600 the mirror. 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:07.600 Now, granted, someone can describe our looks, our physical but 0:04:07.680 --> 0:04:10.280 if you ask two or three people, I bet you'll 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:12.480 get a different description every time. 0:04:13.360 --> 0:04:14.600 But when you look in the. 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:18.640 Mirror, you see the image of yourself. You know, if 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:20.839 someone shows me a picture of a big group of 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:24.760 people and I'm in that picture, I can locate myself 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:29.360 because I know what I look like. I can identify 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:33.560 who I am because I've seen myself in the mirror. 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:37.920 I know my image seeing just like we know our 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:41.760 physical appearance the image, because we've all looked in the mirror. 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:47.440 God wants us to be able to locate our spiritual 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:52.200 image by looking into the mirror he has for us. 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:56.240 In James One, it says the word of God is 0:04:56.360 --> 0:04:57.279 like a mirror. 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:01.880 It reflects His image on the inside of us. 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:07.520 You see, God wants us to know that we are 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:09.720 made in His image. 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:15.000 That there is a spiritual person that is far greater 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:19.720 than what you see on the outside. You see, what 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.680 your image is has a lot to do with your confidence, 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:25.560 has a lot to do with your inner strength. It 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:28.280 has a lot to do with what you identify with. 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:34.000 You know, some people go around saying I'm divorced. They 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:38.640 go around with that image I'm divorced. I'm a divorced person. 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:43.360 Some people say I was mistreated and abused. I'll never 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:45.680 get to where I need to be. They go around 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:49.440 with this victim mentality. But all the while God says, 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:53.640 you are not a divorced person, You are not a victim. 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:57.080 You are made in My image. You are a victor. 0:05:57.800 --> 0:05:58.839 You need to get. 0:05:58.640 --> 0:05:59.679 Your image back. 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:07.800 When we allow the word of God to create that 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:10.719 image on the inside of us, when we put ourself 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:15.080 in church, when we listen to God's word, we're creating 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:19.440 and making sure that image stays in place. If you 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:23.279 had a very important event, I guarantee you would go 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:26.320 to the mirror and check your hair, check your tie, 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:28.640 make sure it's straight. You don't want to go out 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:31.560 there with your tie going that. You know what, You'll 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:34.480 check yourself. You adjust yourself, and you know when you 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:37.520 put yourself in the presence of God, what you're doing 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:42.480 is you're readjusting and affirming your image on the inside 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:45.680 because you want to be able to locate who you 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:49.280 are in a world that doesn't know who it is. 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:53.280 You See, there's so many opinions out there that if 0:06:53.279 --> 0:06:56.520 you don't know your image and your identity, you may 0:06:56.560 --> 0:07:00.800 allow somebody else to put their identity on you. I 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:02.760 was talking to a young girl the other day and 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:06.120 we were talking about this very thing, about the image 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:08.800 on the inside of us, and how we live in 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:12.520 this place of strength when we have God's image, and 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:17.520 she said, admittedly, she said, Victoria, it's so crazy, she said, 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:21.880 I allow people to say things to me, and it 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:25.680 determines my worth and my value. They can literally say 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:30.000 the wrong thing and I walk off ashamed. Have people 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:33.320 ever tried to label you? Have you ever taken something, 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:36.280 maybe even out of context? And it's so funny because 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:39.480 that image is so covered up, you don't really know 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:43.320 if that's who you are or not. You remember, when 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:47.240 I see myself in that picture, I can locate myself. 0:07:48.320 --> 0:07:51.840 I know that's me in that picture. Now, if someone 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:54.400 holds a picture up and they say, look, Victoria, look 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:56.800 at you right there, and. 0:07:56.720 --> 0:07:59.680 That's not me, you know what, I say, that ain't me. 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:04.040 That's not me. I know what I look like. I 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:07.680 know my image and see so many times people are 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:11.520 trying to tell you who you're not. You gotta know 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:12.720 that ain't me. 0:08:14.000 --> 0:08:17.400 If someone is trying to make you feel bad, you 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:20.239 know what that's when you just stop and you say. 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:22.480 You know what, I know who I am. You don't 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:23.360 have to fight back. 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:26.720 You see the image of God is not about arrogance. 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:33.200 It's about humility and strength. You know, It's about being 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:40.400 assured in confidence. Steel waters run deep, and God wants 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:43.080 you to run deep. He wants that image to be 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:49.960 deeply impressed in your very being. It's interesting because I 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:56.560 really feel like that identity and authority go hand in hand. Now, 0:08:56.559 --> 0:09:00.760 we know, when you have authority, you carry power. But 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:03.480 if you don't know who you are, you can't carry 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:07.240 much power. Can you imagine a policeman not being able 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:10.199 to believe that he can stop traffic. Now, if you 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:12.360 put me out there, I am not gonna step out 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:15.160 in the middle of that traffic cause I don't carry 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:15.839 that authority. 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:18.560 I don't carry that identity. 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:21.720 But you know what, he has authority in power because 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:23.080 he knows his identity. 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:25.320 If I go to the bank because. 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:27.720 I need some money out of my bank account, I 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:29.600 go to the bank, go to the teller, get all 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:32.880 my stuff together, and I say I want my money. 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:38.520 She's gonna say, where's your identification. If I'm not carrying 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:41.960 my identification, doesn't matter how much money I have in 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:43.400 the bank, I'm not getting it. 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:47.679 I have to know my identity. I have to know 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:49.440 that identity. 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:53.360 Or I'm not gonna get what's rightfully mine. And can 0:09:53.400 --> 0:09:56.240 I tell you, You've got so many things out there that 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:59.840 are rightfully yours. But unless you know who you are, 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:03.280 unless you identify with the power that lives on the 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:08.080 inside of you, you won't get what's rightfully yours. The 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:13.000 Bible says it's the enemy who comes to steal. He 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:16.920 comes to steal. Have you ever heard about stolen identities? 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:20.760 It's rampant these days, Like we get all this protection 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:23.920 trying to take care of our identity. 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:26.840 You see, you've got to protect. 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:29.360 The image on the inside of you because the enemy 0:10:29.520 --> 0:10:33.320 wants to steal that image. He wants to steal your 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:38.000 worth and your value. If you don't know who you are, 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:41.680 you can't have what God said you can have. You 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:46.680 know what makes me so irritated is that it's not 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:49.960 really just about me. It's about the God in me. 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:52.480 And when the enemy steals from me, you know what 0:10:52.520 --> 0:10:55.880 he's doing, He's stealing from God. I don't want him 0:10:55.880 --> 0:11:01.400 stealing from God. I want to protect what's God's. You see, 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:04.400 sometimes we think it's about ourself, but it's about the 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:07.400 greater One who lives in us. He's given us the 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:11.800 privilege to bear his image. I can't think of a 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:15.800 higher collie on this earth than to bear the image 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:16.600 of Almighty God. 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:18.520 If you don't have a purpose, I want to give 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:19.280 you one today. 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:23.400 You are the bearer of God's image. 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:25.120 You see, when you. 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:27.920 Know who you are in Christ, you don't have to 0:11:28.000 --> 0:11:32.520 look for other people to validate you. You don't have to 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:34.800 try to squeeze out of people. 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:37.199 But only God can give you. 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:42.520 You know, sometimes we want to put our validation are, 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:46.400 our worth and our job position in the car we drive, 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:49.840 the clothes we wear, the people we hang around, because 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:54.120 it makes us feel good, We feel important. But can 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:56.760 I tell you that is great if you have those things. 0:11:57.320 --> 0:12:01.120 But those things are temporary and subject to change. Your 0:12:01.160 --> 0:12:06.920 friends can change, your finances can change. Things can change. 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:10.240 And if those things change, what does that mean to you? 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:14.240 What's on the inside of you? The image of Almighty 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:18.640 God is eternal. It doesn't change. Your value doesn't change 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:23.000 because your circumstance change. Your power doesn't change because your 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:26.600 circumstance change. Your position in Heaven doesn't change because your 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:32.560 circumstance change. You got to know who you are and 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:37.679 locate where you're going because God has great things. 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:38.160 In store for you. 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:44.360 Second, Corinthian says, this God identifies us as his bury own. 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:49.520 He's already identified you. He knows who you are. Do 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:51.280 you know who you are? 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:54.559 Don't let anything cover up your identity. 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:57.880 Know who you are. People who know who they are 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:01.679 pray bold prayers. They believe that God is working in 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:05.120 their life. They praise in the midst of difficulty. They 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:07.880 push through because they know on the other side, God's 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:14.040 going to be right there waiting for them. 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