A friend of mine recently told me this, “It is none of your business what others think about you.” I thought that was pretty insightful. It felt freeing to me. I don’t need to care what you think of me, because it isn’t my business anyway. It’s true right?
Then I read what Thomas a Kempis wrote in his book The Imitation of Christ. He writes, “Place all your trust in God; let Him be your fear and your love.”
Too often we place our trust in what others think of us. Or what we can do for others. In fact we allow ourselves to be defined by what others think of us. The reality is that we need to place all of our trust in God. That includes trusting God with our identities. When we allow others to occupy the place in our mind that is rightfully God’s we do ourselves and God a huge disservice.
So what do you think? Who is shaping your identity? Do you have an identity crisis on your hands?
~Peter
