Life and labels can pigeonhole us and it’s way too, way too easy for us to take on a category as an identity. Christ has a thought, and a dream of who we are, and when we allow ourselves to be labeled, it prevent us from being able to experience and express our identity in Him.

From Labels to Identity in Christ

Walk and talk with John Enslow

Well hey there! So I’ve learned something as I’ve passed through this earth and traveled all over the place and just made some discoveries. One of the discoveries I made was that life and labels pigeonhole us and that it’s way too, way too easy for us to take on a category as our identity. And that is tragic. It’s devastating because normally these categories, these labels, these even roles go counter to our actual identity in Christ. Christ has a thought, and a dream of who we are, and when we allow ourselves to be labeled, it prevent us from being able to experience and express our identity in Him.

so let me give you some examples. So say all your life you have been called stupid. You take that on as your identity. You hold that as truth and you become stupid. Christ didn’t make you stupid. You may not be an engineer. You may not be mathematical, but you have a beautifully set intelligence for your world, for your path, for your journey and your destiny. If I receive the destiny of the label, it could prevent me from actually living out my God-given identity. And that’s tragic. How about worthless. You’re worthless! That’s not what Christ says at all about me. He doesn’t say that I’m worthless at all. My worth and value is huge and ginormous. Just look at the price that He paid for my life. His own son, a spotless lamb was given, not because I’m worthless but because I have great value. A lot of these labels pigeonhole us and attempt to convince us that what we are being labeled how we are being labeled is the truth. It’s just not.

As humans we like to kind of hold others in, even ourselves, in to a category, into a label, into a role because it is easier. If I label you a certain way, it’s easier to control you, to second-guess you, to predict exactly what you’re gonna do. And if I receive a label then guess what I’m gonna do exactly what I’m being pigeonheld to.  In our world right now we have so many different labels, so many different categories, so many different identities, and their limiting. They’re not freeing, they’re not secure, they’re not growth, they’re confining. They just literally confine us to a limited and abbreviated existence and usually the existence is not what we’re supposed to be, who we’re supposed to be, and how we’re supposed to experience this world.

Think about the kid when he was growing up. They called him a faggot. If I limit myself to that label, I’m controlled by that. Why do we have to have specific labels? It’s not truth. Bastard there’s another one. You’re called bastard by a sibling or by others and you literally feel abandoned. You feel like a fatherless child. It’s not true. It’s just not true. I have a father and I have a dad and I’m not a bastard. Even I f I didn’t have the situation where I have a father and mother and they’re married… I’m not a bastard. That’s an Identity, that’s a role, that’s a label control and if I believe it, then I will limit myself in my existence.

So as I walk through this world I don’t want to adhere my existence and my identity to anyone given label… no label actually. I don’t wanna confine my life. I don’t want myself by someone’s opinion of me or someone’s judgment of me. If I had believed a lot of the labeling that I had as I was growing up, I would’ve been crushed. I would’ve not been able to write. I was told by children in school and teachers that I essentially was stupid and it was devastating to me. I had a hard time reading aloud and I had a hard time reading. I took that on. I took that on as an identity, that I was stupid. Those words may not have even been used against me, but they were implied, and I took them on truth.  And for years and years and years I just maintained a thought. I must be stupid because I can’t read as fast as others. While I had comprehension, I wasn’t a speed reader and a lot of children were able to read a lot faster. So I took on that and then years and years of someone pouring life into me, telling me that that wasn’t the truth, believing in my intellect, believing in my intelligence believing in my ability to communicate changed my world. Now I’m an author. I’ve got multiple books written and I have discovered that I am anything but stupid.  So I’m glad I no longer take that role as my identity.

So I challenged you to look into your life and see what roles, what labels, what categories have been, assigned to you that you’ve taken on, that you’ve received as your truth, as your identity, and then reflect that against what God says about you. Listen to Him, let Him speak to you. Let Him tell you who you are according to how He’s made you. I believe it’s gonna change your world. It’s gonna change everything about you.

You’re not required to take on the identities, the roles, the labels that someone put upon you. Those that somebody casts on you. We’re not required to do that and I don’t have to label myself. Sometimes we feel safer if we can label our self. “Oh well, I am just…whatever!” I’m no label! What I am is John Enslow. That’s what I am and I have an identity based on Christ’s idea of me and what He has for me and that’s my identity. That’s who I am. That’s my label. My label is not confined to anything, but what Christ says about me. I challenge you to go with that, to go with the identity that Christ has for you what He says about you, what He desires for you. It’s life-changing and it’s wondrous.  So I love you. I appreciate you. Thank you for listening and I look forward to sharing some more real soon.

Unveil the truth of who you are beyond the labels and roles the world has placed on you. In this journey of self-discovery, we’ll explore how to shed limiting identities and embrace your true self as defined by Christ. Break free from the confines of societal expectations and step into the fullness of your God-given identity.

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