How can I be in Christ?

Are you someone who has asked the question to yourself, "Who am I?"

You most likely have pondered that very question at least once, if not numerous times throughout your life. You have probably also asked yourself the companion question, "Why am I here?"

These two questions seek to identify two critically important truths: identity and purpose. Identity and purpose are not the same thing, but they can be so closely related that you may try to determine your identity by your perceived purpose. In other words, you may think who you are is defined by what you do.

If your ultimate identity is based on your job, that is, if who you are is a construction worker, a police officer, or an engineer; what happens if you are laid off, or injured so that you cannot perform your job? Do you lose your identity? Or what if you have defined your identity in relation to your boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse, and he or she breaks your heart or deserts you? Do you become a nobody? Or what if you have neither a profession nor significant personal relationships? Where is your identity then?

In only considering these simple examples, it is not hard to see why so many people go through life lost and hurting, desperately seeking direction and significance in life. Perhaps you are one of these people.