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Last week Leroy shared a message called “A New Season”
Many of us responded to the invitation recognizing that we felt stuck or felt called to take a step into the new season that God has for us.
That we would walk according to the measure of our faith.
Sometimes we talk to ourselves and say we will never....succeed…be bold…be loving...
...and we create an identity that is totally different from how God sees us.
Our society has an identity crisis.
The further people go from knowing God the more they lose their identity.
People don’t even know if they are male or female!
Everything has become based on feelings, but feelings change!
The goal: reveal our spiritual identity as described in scripture.
Describe who Moses was..
Ex. 2:11-15
Moses knew his destiny, but wasn’t led of the Spirit of God
Tried to bring deliverance by his own strength
Resulted in death of a man, overwhelming fear, isolation from his family & his people
When we attempt something on our own strength and it results in failure we look at ourselves as a failure.
That mindset is very hard to change.
It will only change by revelation.
It will only change by revelation.
God calls Moses
Moses doesn’t believe God.
He questions God 5 times.
It doesn’t record that God was upset until the 5th time.
His identity as a failure was so large that even God with his miracles hardly convinced Moses that he was a vessel God could use.
Jesus
He also knew his identity and calling at a young age.
Luke 2:49-
We see that Jesus submitted himself to his parents.
We don’t hear of him until he comes to be baptised by his cousin John.
Luke 3:22
Even Jesus didn’t walk in his calling until his identity was affirmed by God
Jesus is our perfect role model.
He submitted himself to his parents (who were less spiritual).
He is also an example of the need to have an encounter of the Holy Spirit.
He didn’t try to walk in his identity by his own strength.
Do we know our identity?
3 Levels of Identity
Physical Level
Soul Level
Spirit Level
When you look in the mirror, what do you see?
Who are you?
Physical Level
Someone who is handsome?
Beautiful?
Old? Young?
Black hair?
curly hair?
Soul Level
Mind, Will & Emotions
We can get a glimpse into someone’s soul by their emotions
Happy?
Sad? Bored?
Bitter?
Hopeless?
Loving?
Peaceful?
Grumpy?
Failure?
Successful?
How do you arrive at these conclusions?
Usually it is based on what others say or it is on you comparing yourself with others.
It is natural and normal.
But we are not called be just natural OR normal!
Our spiritual identity is not just based on our past actions.
We have something that is up to us to receive by faith.
Spirit Level
We cannot discern spiritual things with our eyes.
Spiritual realities and spiritual truth cannot be discerned by our feelings.
It is received by faith -not feelings!
Sometimes the Spirit affects our emotions, but only sometimes.
If you are outside of Christ, then your spiritual identity is that you are a sinner.
- and you separated from God
However, if we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we have a brand new identity.
Spirit Level Identity
We have been adopted into the family of God.
We are one of his children...
Eph
We are loved...
We are loved...
Read & expound
v. 14 -we died with Christ on the cross
We are a new creation...
v. 15 -we are called to live for him who died for us
v. 16 -we are to know (or value) anyone according to a human point of view
Michael Jordan, Mike Tyson, Tiger Woods, Leroy Miller
Moses
Describe who Moses was..
Moses knew his destiny, but wasn’t led of the Spirit of God
Tried to bring deliverance by his own strength
Resulted in death of a man, overwhelming fear, isolation from his family & his people
When we attempt to fulfil our calling without a proper identity it results in unwanted results or in complete failure.
Just like Moses, we can look at ourselves as a failure.
When we identify with our past (or anything else) it becomes part of our identity.
God calls Moses
Moses doesn’t believe God.
He questions God 5 times.
It doesn’t record that God was upset until the 5th time.
His identity as a failure was so large that even God with his miracles hardly convinced Moses that he was a vessel God could use.
As God spoke with him he slowly started to believe God.
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