Who Are You? Who Am I?

The daily decisions and the daily habits we make reveal the answers to these foundational and important questions. As we debrief about the daily decisions we make and the daily habits we have formed, do they reflect that we are a follower of Jesus or a follower of our culture?

Moses can relate to the evaluation of our lives, because he had an identity crisis at the age of 40 ("When Moses was forty years old..." Acts 7:23). You might call it a mid-life crisis. Heb 11:24 says, "By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter."

You remember the story, Moses was born as a Hebrew child during the time Pharaoh had commanded that the male Hebrew babies be killed because of Pharaoh's fear of the over-population of God's people. God had divine plans for Moses to be floated down the river and be raised by Pharaoh's daughter. He still had the influence of his biological, Hebrew mother due to God's providence; Moses' sister offered Pharaoh's daughter to get a Hebrew woman to nurse him.

So, Moses was born a Hebrew and grew up in the palace of Egypt with the influence of his biological Hebrew mother and his adopted Egyptian stepmother. Growing up as a Prince of Egypt, he had all the privileges of the most wealthy and powerful nation in the world at that time; the best clothes, food, education, training and more. Let's not forget the power of a praying biological mother, unleashing God's character on Moses during his childhood.
God reveals in Acts 7 that these two identities finally collided at the age of forty for Moses. We see in Heb 11:24 that finally Moses made the well-thought out, intelligent and willful decision to chose his birth identity over his cultural identity. He chose to be a child of God, not a child of his secular culture. This identity crisis decision dramatically changed his life.

How are you doing with the clash that you face every day with your identity battle? Do your daily decisions and habits reveal you are following Jesus or following our American/Minnesota culture? Are we truly following Jesus' still small voice every day or are we subtly following the culture's plan for you? Do your daily decisions and habits clearly show that you follow Jesus or the culture that you live in?

Here are three great questions to regularly ask yourself and discuss with your spouse, brother, sister, parent or close friend.

1. What do I prioritize?
2. What energizes me?
3. What gives me purpose?

Set up a time to write the answers to these questions down. Discuss them with Jesus. Reflect on them with someone you trust.
"By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter."

What changes to your daily decisions and habits do you need to make?

Praying God's Word meddles with us,
Pastor Chris