Feeling guilty about that lie you told today? Or have you told so many that you have a hard time remembering what the truth is? Or perhaps you deceive subtly by pretending to be someone you’re not. Are your relationships suffering for it?

However, the only reliable source of our identity is God! He created each one of us, loves us, sent His son, Jesus Christ, to die for us, and transforms our lives through His Holy Spirit! In fact, at the moment we receive Jesus as our Savior and Lord, we are born again spiritually and our identity is radically changed.

As tragic and foolish as this may seem, the end result is not any better for those who have given themselves wholeheartedly to any one of the numerous wrong purposes for life. Although they run through life with a great sense of direction, in the end they will have arrived at the same wrong destination.

Who are you, really?

As you consider this question, what (or who) is influencing your answer? Your vocation? Your self perception? The opinions of others?

We often are unsure about who we are because we use others think as our point of reference. What we do is often measured and judged by them–either as acceptable or unacceptable–and we allow our performance to define us.

And yet, many people haven’t a clue how to answer this question. They live without any overarching purpose. For them life is merely there to be used up. So they blindly keep walking on the road of life until it is over.

Why do you exist? What is the purpose for life?
 This is one of the most foundational questions of life what a person believes about the reason for life has a profound impact on every other decision they make.