Mistaken Identity

by Zander Matthews

Mistaken identity. It’s what your enemy keeps trying his best to hit you with. He wants you to believe you are your experiences, heartaches, and even your sins. Satan desires that you would be so lost in your pain, addictions, and insecurities that you never know who or who’s you are. The enemy wants your walk with God to be filled with shame and condemnation over the things that you have done. God, however, does not.

My great grandmother is alive but isn’t always here, she has Alzheimer’s. Lots of moments have occurred where she did not recognize me and one scary time where she didn’t know who she was. 1 Peter 2:9, “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” This scripture gives us a crumb of who God says we are you need to know more.

It is vital for your Christian walk that you realize that God never forgets who you are and he will never forget who he is.

You do, however, have an enemy who wants you to believe that because he is invisible he is also fictional but that’s not true. He is real. And what you need in your life is the armor that can shut him down!

What is your current battle? Do you feel hopeless? Most of the time the conduit of hopelessness is insecurity. Ephesians 6:10-18 tells us that we have the power to defeat insecurity. He has given you: A belt to fortify you, a breastplate to protect you, the Gospel shoes to stabilize you, a helmet to guard you, a sword to fight for you, and something we tend to miss, prayer to connect you to Him. Psalm 139:14 says, “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are they works; and that my soul knows right well.” When insecure, we are saying somehow God made a mistake. God can turn your grave into a garden. Resist Satan and he will flee. Numbers 23:19-20, “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” His word is true. Stand and claim it!

About The Author Zander C. Matthews is a 17 year old minister who’s passion is to see the hopeless realize there hope. Jeremiah 29:11.