Why is it imperative that each of us find an identity to fulfill our individual or corporate objectives?  What is the foundation upon which that identity is formed?  Does it take crisis to shake us from an individual or group identity that may have been ill developed or conceived?  These are my questions for You, My Lord, Almighty God, Father of Heaven and Earth.  Lord, I fear it is essential that we either find our identities in Your Word, Your Perspective, Your Will or we will eventually be ushered toward an individual/group identity that is contrary to Your Principles.  Father, why does it, so much matter what I believe about myself?

Since my self perception is this important to my adequacy and effectiveness, could perhaps, my chosen identity be a reflection of my heart and soul.  If my self identity is misaligned with Your Will must I suffer a particular level of chaos to be shaken from this affiliation, indoctrination or influence?  Is my identity, and the discovery of that identity essential to my created purpose?  If I align myself with an identity that is alternate or contrary to Your perspective, do I simply become a tool for Your unfolding plan for humanity?  Is it as simple and as complicated as submitting to Your identity over my own, is this the key to efficacy in good measure?  Father, is what I believe about myself a clue toward the importance of knowing You?  Show me the importance of image Lord.

If I think that I will never measure up to God’s Grace then I most assuredly am mistaken in my Christian understanding.  It is established that none of deserve redemption, for the Bible elaborates that the wages of sin is death and that the works of even a righteous man are as filthy rags to the Lord.  So, if I continue to look at myself and “judge” that I am unworthy, then I continue to view the world through my worldly/fleshly prism.  You have been forgiven, that means “you”.  There is no further condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.  Often it is wonderful to repeat God’s Word, but do we take it a step further and begin to walk in the belief turning what we’ve heard into faith?  It is a wonderful thing to approach the Lord, in the quiet moments within our prayer closet, humbly and contritely acknowledging to God that we continuously fail, but that should free us from carrying that judgment back into our daily walk.

Taking that condemnation or superimposing over your life is assisting the enemy in his efforts to make you feel inadequate.  Can we all come to an agreement, that we will accept God’s opinion of us over our own?  I think that will allow each of us to remain consistent within our range of self-image, never to hard never to lenient, humbly deferring to God’s Holy Word regarding our own righteousness or guilt.  We must inevitably arrive a point where we look at this world, including our own reflection, through God’s framework.  We have been forgiven, we have been made whole, we have been redeemed to God, the war between us is over, when He looks upon each of us He sees His perfect son.  That is all the perspective that I need. I must find myself hidden in God through Christ, my image protected by God’s eyes set upon me for eternity.

http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/love-worth-finding/player/developing-a-positive-self-image-431948.html The late Pastor Adrian Rogers on healthy self image.