What if the root of your struggle isn’t fear, failure, or even your past—but a misalignment with your true identity? In this opening episode of the Who Am I, Really? series, we dive into the powerful truth that many of us are living disconnected from who God actually created us to be. We’re functioning, surviving, even achieving—but deep down, we’re unsure, reactive, and constantly searching for something to prove our worth. Why? Because we don’t really know who we are.

Drawing from the story of Gideon in Judges 6, we uncover how God’s words—“The Lord is with you, mighty warrior”—clashed with everything Gideon felt about himself. He saw weakness, but God called out strength. He felt abandoned, but God declared presence. Gideon was hiding in fear, yet God still named him according to purpose. It’s not just a historical story—it’s our story.

Like Gideon, many of us argue with God’s call on our lives. We hold onto the labels life gave us: too broken, too small, too far gone. We assume God must be talking to someone else. But He’s not. He’s talking to you. Not the version of you shaped by trauma or culture, but the one He formed with intention. You weren’t created randomly. You were created in His image. And when you live disconnected from that truth, you’ll spend your life striving for a name and identity that’s already yours.

In this episode, we explore how identity gaps lead to emotional, spiritual, and even behavioral misalignment. From anxiety to addiction, control to perfectionism—so many of the issues we face are rooted in not knowing who we are in Christ. The world tells us to “find ourselves,” but the truth is: you were never meant to search for identity—you were meant to receive it. And when you receive who you are, your decisions change. Your boundaries change. Your spiritual posture changes. You stop reacting from insecurity and start responding from revelation.

We talk through real-life examples of how misidentity affects everyday life—how people escape through substances, perform through perfectionism, or worry themselves into cycles of anxiety. Not because they’re “bad Christians,” but because they’re trying to live from a false foundation. We’ll unpack the truth that “when you don’t know who you are, you’ll reach for anything that helps you forget who you think you’re not.” And we’ll begin to tear down the lies and labels that have been allowed to speak louder than God’s voice.

This episode is both a call and a confrontation—a call back to who you were before the world told you who to be, and a confrontation of every thought that exalts itself above the knowledge of God’s Word about you.

If you’ve ever struggled with imposter syndrome, fear, constant people-pleasing, or wondering if you’re “enough,” this message will meet you right where you are. You are not forgotten. You are not too far gone. You are not what happened to you. You are who God says you are.

And the journey to knowing that starts now.