Who Am I And How Do I Find Out?

‘Do what you want to do, be what you want to be – YEAH!’ You could say that these song lyrics are the anthem for our generation. We sometimes use phrases like ‘express yourself,’ ‘find your own way’ ‘become self-actualised’ be ‘self-made.’ In contrast to this there is the idea of destiny. The word ‘destiny’ may remind us of the popular movie, ‘Star Wars’, where a main character says those famous words ‘it is your DESTINY.’ Destiny is not a new concept. Indeed ancient Greek mythology says that destiny is unavoidable. So how do we find out who we are? Can we choose our own path, or make ourselves into whatever we want to be? Or is our destiny set and unavoidable?

The Bible shows us a different way altogether from ‘destiny’ or ‘self-expression’. God speaks about our ‘pre-destination’ (Eph 1:5). Predestination is God’s plan for us, but unlike destiny, we can choose whether or not to participate in our predestination. God wants us to be His sons and daughters, but He clearly does not force us to be so. We can refuse His predestination for us – God gives us the dignity of our choice if we seek to become ‘self-made.’ When we choose our own way above God’s way, we choose to be forgotten by God. If, however, we choose to become a son of God (Gal 3:26) then we must search out this way. We could say we need to ‘fill out’ or ‘complete’ our predestination.

Contrary to what many believe, giving our heart to Jesus, or becoming a Christian is not the beginning and end of the story. We don’t simply become a Christian and then try to stay as such until we die or until Christ returns. Our whole life is a journey to fulfil our predestination. Read further to find out more about walking in the predestination that God has for your life.