Self Identity or God

Philippians 3:7-8
7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

I was thinking the other day that I needed to make a change. This is not a completely new idea – that I need a change or need to change – as I am often thinking of how I am to grow in Christ being a young maturing Christian. But, this change I believe is rooted deep within my fleshful heart and something that needed to be done.

I decided to remove myself from the Baa Baa Blog I started a little over 3 years ago. I also decided to remove myself – at least for the time being – from Facebook and Twitter. Why the change? I have come to the conclusion that the Baa Baa Blog, my Facebook page and Twitter account were fueled by my need to be accepted. Silly? Well I think this is an issue with a lot of people, their need to get their identity from being accepted by other people.

As I think about the above Scripture from Paul to the Philippians, I’m convicted I was trying to gain something other than Christ from my social media outlets. I think I was trying to gain acceptance from my peers instead of realizing that I’m already accepted by the only Person that matters – God. Maybe I’m trying to do the same thing here, but on the surface I don’t think so. I’ve decided to not promote this site and only use it as a resource to express my feelings toward God and my life.

I want what Paul has above. I want to “count everything as loss” to have Christ. My family “loss”, my job “loss”, my friends “loss”, social media "loss", all worldly things as “loss” compared to “knowing Christ Jesus my Lord”, which is “gain!”

Father, I pray you help me root all my identity in You, and that I can without shame say – Christ you are worth all things most glorious to be gained.