It is amazing to think that many people still don’t know who they are. What I mean by this is that a lot of people don’t know how they should behave or what they should say. I have met many people who are struggling in life because they can’t figure out what they should be doing.
Who do you think you should be? Many people push their true selves aside and become a person they were never meant to be. A lot of people do this in marriage, they pretend to be who the other person thinks they should be. Sometimes it’s just the perceived idea of what you think others want you to be. What happens when you get tired of pretending?
Loving people means you should be willing to disappoint them. If someone truly loves you they will be ok with you being who God created you to be. We need to look to God and not man for the path to who we are. We were fearfully and wonderfully made.
Put aside all the ideas and perceptions of what you think others want you to be and let God show you who you are. God designed you and He wants you to have the best life possible. Don’t let others control your life, surrender you life to God and let Him shape you and mold you into the person He created.
Stop acting the way you think you should be and let God take the reigns and show you what to do. Pray and ask God to help you move away from pretending and ask Him to show you who you are.
About Allie
Sometimes I think all of us catch ourselves trying to be who we think someone else wants us to be, or thinks that we are, even though it’s not us. We spend a lot of time spinning our wheels chasing around trying to figure out who to be rather than letting God shape us. You’re right. Prayer is key as we focus on who God is shaping us to be.