Just be yourself (not)
As a quirky, confused tween, I spent considerable time trying to figure myself out. The adage “just be yourself” sounded easy but was actually quite difficult in practice. Primarily, because I had never been me before. This was my first attempt at living as Daniel Gardner and I wasn’t born with a manual.
If you’re having trouble figuring yourself out, try this: just be Him. God’s plan is that we be “conformed to the image of his Son” (Rom 8.29).
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory. II Cor 3:18
Instead of figuring ourselves out, we should be more preoccupied with being changed into the image of the Lord. And here’s good news: there’s a Manual.
So stop trying to be you. Start trying to be Him. After all, isn’t that the point of decreasing so He may increase?
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Amen and Amen!
Very good post, Daniel.
Similarly, it often irks me when people justify something with the claim that it’s “natural.” I think that’s only valid to a point. I mean, selfishness is natural, sin is natural, hate is natural, lust is natural. Need I go on?
Thanks for this post, Daniel. Good reminder.
Awesome…
AH, this is what our generation needs to hear more! Don’t be happy with ‘who you are’ but strive to be more like Christ! Thank you for reminding us all what/who we should be!