Our True Self

One of the hardest things we ever do is to try to be someone else.  It takes a lot of effort.  It takes every waking moment to model our lifestyle after another and at the end of the day we are worn out from walking in shoes that do not fit.  Trying to be someone else is an unnatural thing.  Even as one pine  tree in a forest cannot be like any other pine tree, neither can anyone of us be like someone else who is walking the road alongside of us.  No matter how hard we try, and no matter how much we might want to be like another, it is simply an impossible task. 

 

We were not created and made to be duplicates of another.  Each one of us is uniquely created and uniquely sent on our journey.  The Word says, "For it was You who formed my inward parts; You knit me together in my mother's womb.  I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made."  (Psalms 139:13-14)  Long years ago I remember a bumper sticker which read, "God don't make no junk."  Perhaps, it was inspired by the Words of the Psalmist, but whether it was or not, it is a contemporary word which gives us assurance that each one of is special and important in the eyes of God.  We are indeed wonderfully made!

Why any of us would want to model our life after the life of another is an exercise in the theatre of the impossible.  What is natural and divinely intended is for us to know the purpose for which we were created and then live into it.  While some might stumble in trying to discern that purpose, the way forward is found in the life and teachings of Jesus.  As we seek to walk on the road He has set before us, we not only are able to see Him modeling life before us, but we are also putting ourselves in a place where we can be guided into knowing our true self.