Knowing Who You Are Makes All The Difference

“Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” - 2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV

Have you ever asked yourself; who am I? Do you base who you are from your career, parental status, or even your relationship status? Do you let society determine who you are? Have you ever asked God to reveal to you who you are? He would be in the best position to reveal to you who you are because He created you. God made us in His image and likeness (Genesis 1:26-27). We are fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalms 139:14). We are valuable to God (John 3:16).

It was not until March 2016, that I began to learn my true identity. The person who God made me to be in this broken world. A dear friend of mine invited me to go to an event called, “Black Girl’s Rock.” The way that the seating was set up, the ushers would sit you with individuals who you do not know. My friend and I sat with an older gentleman, his wife, and daughter. During the event, the older gentleman began a conversation with me. The way that he started the conversation, was odd to me. He said, “Do you understand plain talk?”?(Later, I learned that messengers and angels that God sends to me. They will start their conversations with me in an odd manner. They will say something that catches my attention and I automatically in my mind say to myself. That is an odd way to start a conversation.)?

He began to tell me things about myself that only God could know. I began to weep. He told me that God has opened up my spiritual eyes. He asked me a question. He said, “You do not know who you are, do you?” I did not understand his question. I had a puzzled look on my face. He then began to tell me. That I was a warrior in God’s army. That I was a prince. I thought it odd that he would call me a prince when I am a female. It took my friend telling me later that in the spiritual realm there is no female or male. He also told me that I was going to be doing things for God that I am not prepared to do yet. He told me that I was going to be alone while God prepares me for what I am destined to do for God’s Kingdom. My friend and I were sitting there in awe while this man that I never met in my life before, was telling me my identity. Who I was in God’s eyes? That day began my journey of fully knowing what God had placed inside of me.?

Two months after that encounter, I went to the Lifeway Christian bookstore. I was looking for some books to purchase. I was led to “Experiencing God” a 13 session Bible Study. I did the Bible Study on my own and my mindset began to change drastically. I did not see God the same way that I saw Him before. Not only through the Bible Study but in my alone time with God. He began to reveal things to me that I never knew. I wanted to spend more time getting to know God. The more time I spent getting to know God. The more I began to know about myself. It was like, we were in a relationship. It was intimate. Not in a sexual way. I cannot fully explain it. I was beginning to have a dialogue with God, and I wanted more of Him.

I never fasted before. I was led to start fasting and that changed me as well. I began to have dreams and visions. I was seeing into people’s lives. Some of the dreams and visions were so real. There were times where I would be in battle in my dreams. I would feel the pain when I would get injured in the battle. There were even times when I would wake up and I would have an injury. In my dreams, I was traveling around the world praying for people and even laying hands on people healing them.?During one of my fasts, I was led by the Holy Spirit to look up the meaning of my name. When I saw the meaning of my name. I contacted my mom and asked her why she named me Reva. She told me, she did not know. She just felt that the name fit me. I laughed, because I knew that God was the one who named me Reva; not her. I even learned that my name changing from Robbins to Israel. Was significant to my new identity in Jesus Christ.?The meaning of Reva is "to tie, bind, trap, snare".?

The more time that I spent with God. The more that he showed me about myself. Some of those things He showed me about myself, I did not like.?He revealed to me those things were going to have to be addressed and that I was going to need to change. He was going to use the Holy Spirit to change me. I started to go through something like a purge of my character. (God is still working on my character as I type this.)?He even took me back to my childhood and throughout my early adult life where I was resilient even when people would reject me and bully me. He showed me that the pain and trauma I went through was part of a plan that was bigger than me. He showed me how He was with me during the times that I wanted to give up. He showed me how much He loved me when the people closest to me did not want me around. He let me know through His Word. That he would never leave me or forsake me. My biological father's wife told me that I needed to have a DNA test before I could have a relationship with my father. God never required me to get a DNA test to reveal that I was really his daughter. He let me know that I was more than a conqueror. He let me know that I was blessed in the city and the field. That I was above and not below. That I was the head and not the tail. That I was bold as a lion. He had plans for my life not to harm me but to bring me a good end.?

It was not until I had an intimate close relationship with God. I began to understand my true identity. I stopped caring what people thought about me. I learned that if God is for me, who can be against me. I stopped trying to be someone that I was not. It was exhausting trying to keep up a front when I knew that I was a broken vessel that God was still working on. That people are fickle. Only how God feels about me matters. That He will make my enemies be at peace with me when He takes pleasure in my ways.

If you want to know your identity. Spend some quality time with God. He wants to have a conversation with you. He wants you to get to know Him. So, that you can know yourself. He loves when we get in His presence. He has so much that He wants to show you and tell you. Take some time out of your busy schedule and spend it with God. He has secrets that He wants to reveal to you.

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