One of the most fascinating things to consider in life is how the God of the universe created each of us in a very unique way. For example, no two fingerprints are identical, our DNAs differ, and dental records vary.
Similarly, God created each of us with different personality types, gifts, and abilities. All to fulfill our very different and unique life purposes.
However, it is vital to our life’s mission that we be able to know our identity. Furthermore, we recognize the things God has given us a passion for and pursue him through prayer to fully understand what we were created to do.
Finding Our Identities in Scripture
The Bible is the “Inspired word of God” ( 2nd Timothy 3:16), and in it is found many bible verses about identity. In studying it we can understand ourselves better. It helps us to view our identity the way God himself sees us.
Moreover, it is His love letter to each of us and a guide to help us find our life's purpose and pursue it.
When doing this, we no longer look at ourselves according to the world's standards. For instance, the world has ever-changing standards on beauty, especially from an external standpoint. In society, we place great value on a person's exterior features, body shape, clothing, and jewelry.
However, scripture tells us in 1st Peter 3:3-4, “What matters is not your outer appearance—the styling of your hair, the jewelry you wear, the cut of your clothes—but your inner disposition. Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in.”
Therefore, holy scripture helps us see that our identities are found in Christ, who laid down his life for us, giving us the liberty to flourish in the uniqueness God created us in. Therefore, we are to celebrate our differences and realize that we can all come together to leave a lasting imprint on the world.
Finding our identity will help us know how to walk in confidence that there is nothing we cannot accomplish. It will give you a boldness to take on the world head-on.
Many in society focus on our flaws and the imperfections of others (usually as a way to make them feel better about themselves). However, through scripture, we find that our flaws and imperfections make us who we are.
But at the same time, bible verses encourage us to be better people and the best version of ourselves. Therefore, reaching our God-given potential.
A great deal of our frustration in life is associated with not correctly comprehending our God-given identities, causing a lot of insecurities.
Stephen A. Pegues, author of the book “I See It, Even When I Don't See It Yet!” talked about having a revelation of our identities. In the final chapter, he stated that a true revelation of our identity would give us a more extraordinary outlook on many of life's circumstances.
We no longer see them as problems that hold us back but as opportunities to make a difference and carve our niche in society. Moreover, we can look at ourselves more glowingly and be comfortable in our own skin as we fulfill our purpose.
Lastly, knowing our identity should honor God and bless others. We are all blessed with some good values, personality traits, and good works, but they are not for our benefit. For instance, look at fruit-bearing trees in nature. An apple tree doesn’t eat its own apples or a pear tree its own pears, etc.
Instead, the fruit the tree produces is for others to come and be blessed by partaking in the fruit. Like trees, the fruit produced in our lives, though they can be a heavy burden to bear (like a tree limb holding dozens of apples), are to serve the needs of others.
33 Encouraging Bible Verses About Finding Your Identity
1. Genesis 2:7
“Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.”
2. Psalm 100:3
“Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.”
3. Psalm 139:14
“I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.”
4. Isaiah 64:8
“But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.”
5. John 1:12
“But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”
6. John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
7. John 15:16
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.”
8. John 15:5
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
9. Matthew 5:14-16
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”
10. Matthew 6:26
“Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?”
11. 2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
12. Philippians 3:20
“But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,”
13. Philippians 4:19
“And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”
14. Ephesians 1:3
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.”
15. Ephesians 1:4
“Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love.”
16. Ephesians 1:5
“He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will.”
17. Ephesians 2:10
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”
18. Ephesians 2:6
“And raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.”
19. Ephesians 4:24
“And to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.”
20. Ephesians 5:8
“For at one time, you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.”
21. 1 Corinthians 3:8-9
“The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.”
22. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your bodies.”
23. Romans 8:1
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
24. Galatians 2:20
“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
25. 2 Corinthians 3:12
“Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.”
26. Zephaniah 3:17
“The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you but will rejoice over you with singing.”
27. Colossians 2:10
“And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:”
28. Isaiah 54:14
“In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.”
29. 1 Corinthians 2:16
“For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.”
30. Philippians 4:7
“And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
31. Luke 6:36-38
“Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure, you use it will be measured back to you.”
32. Romans 6:11
“So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.”
33. Deuteronomy 28:13
“And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them,”
Final Thoughts on 33 Encouraging Bible Verses About Finding Your Identity
Just as an inventor would create something for their use, God created us for His glory and purpose. That is why we should seek him in prayer and study Bible verses. Doing this will encourage and remind us of the great purpose and identity in which we have.
We are God's prized possession, created in his image for good works. This truth should be a great encouragement for us and, under uncertain circumstances, give us great hope. We are not destined to fail in Christ, but succeed and accomplish great things.
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