A beautiful, smart, young, and highly successful woman on social media claims to know the secret to changing behaviour. She says it's identity change. She is right. However, there is a significant flaw in her explanation of achieving the identity change.

She says, "Identity change is simply seeing yourself, embodying who you want to become, and then aligning your behaviours behind it."

Where's the problem? The entire solution rests ON SELF-EFFORT. "I DID IT". The spirit of pride takes over subtly and makes the person desire praise and glory over time. A 'good' life gets built on a false foundation.

If that were true, Jesus did not have to say one must be born again. And then, suffer, die on the cross, and rise on the third day from the dead so we could decrease and He increase in us.

Satan is a master of deception. He uses eloquent, rich or famous, intellectually aware people to speak words that are half-truths or pure lies convincingly. A child of God who seeks God's glory and loves the Word is protected by God.

Our identity is in Christ.

God opened our eyes and revealed to us who we need to follow. No man can intellectually follow Christ. He cannot decide on his own and think, Jesus sounds good, so I'll follow Him. He cannot see or embody himself as Christ of his own accord until God does not open his eyes. (1 Corinthians 2)

That's why, until a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God (eternity with Jesus through the Holy Spirit). (John 3)

Dear believers, God has opened our eyes to His kingdom. We have Jesus as our perfect character. We need to surrender to Him. Set your expectations correctly as you seek to know Jesus more and more daily.

Love others as Jesus loves you.

Maranatha, Praise God, and Amen.