Not The Rain

“I am writing to you who are God’s children because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus.” - 1 John 2:12

If someone asked you, “Who are you?” what would you say? You might tell them your name, people you are related to, people who are in your friend group, what your job is, or where you live. While these things are “about” you, they really don’t answer the question.

“Who are you?” This is a question of identity. What is your identity? Phrase it that way, and you are bound to get varying answers. Sadly, far too many people wrap their identity up in what they do. Not just career-wise, but in their habits and actions.

This can be both positive actions, for those who are high achievers in something specific like art, music, or sports, and it can also be negative actions, like being “a drunk, “a druggy,” or “a sex addict.”  

As a society, we have been programmed to associate who we are with what we do. But God wants you to know that that’s not how it works. Your identity is not about what you do, but whose you are. Your sin is NOT your identity.

1 John 2:12 says, “I am writing to you who are God’s children because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus.”

There is a great quote that says, “I may walk in the rain, I may feel the rain, but I am not the rain.” My friend, you might walk in sin at points in your life. You may feel terrible for the decisions you have made. But you ARE NOT SIN. Your identity is not in the mistakes you have made but in whom you belong to.

You are His and you are FREE. Free to be who He has called you to be. Your identity? It’s not in what you do. It’s in whom you belong to. You are not the rain!