Lydia, the woman of purple cloth in Acts 16, time and again demonstrates that who she was and what she did were intertwined with the Lord. Her purpose and identity were clear in just a few verses.

Jesus called for Lazarus to come up and live anew and out he came! But the remarkable thing is that he came out in his grave wrappings.

Reclaim the identity God has for you; leave behind the trap of defining self by what others say or think.

Several years ago, I sang in a gospel choir. We were given a new song to learn called ‘Identity’ and it was in learning this song and singing the lyrics that I began to dive into what identity in God really means.