When we discover our real life in Christ, our perspectives and priorities shift. What we once placed our identities, hopes, and securities in crumbles away, leaving only what we truly need.About a year ago, I recommitted my life to Christ.
Growing up in a Christian family, I accepted Jesus at a young age. I went to church every Sunday, attended our church’s youth ministry, and participated in all the things you would expect a member of a Christian family to participate in.
However, as I grew more independent of my family’s influence, the weight of my life and future grew more and more burdensome. Rather than laying that burden at the feet of Jesus, I carried it with me, relying on my own strength to seek fulfillment.
For many years, the purpose of my life was personal gain, and I was good at it. I achieved the goals I set for myself, won the approval of the people I sought it from, and checked many other boxes of life experience that the world would praise me for. And yet, my burden increased. Underneath my front of self-improvement was a God-sized void of insecurity that could never be satisfied by the things of this earth. Still, I searched for the next best thing. Still, my burden increased.
Eventually, through the grace of God, I realized that no thing, status, person, or feeling could give me what I really needed: Jesus. I remembered His love, joy, peace, and forgiveness from my youth and re-centered my identity in Him. In Him alone, I have found fulfillment, peace, joy, and security. Nothing on this earth can compare to our perfect Savior, who loves us unconditionally.