For too long, I've let my identity be imprisoned by my circumstances. I chose whether or not I have hope based on the very circumstances that having hope will change.
How do I be a man who affects his circumstances more than they affect him?
I think I have to see a greater reality and I have to chose to be influenced by that reality. That is when I claim the identity of who I am. It's when I live out my choice even when my circumstances give me reason not to.
I constantly see that great displays of God's ambition begin with trusting him in ways that don't make sense. Choosing to worship even when I have reason not to sets my emotions, identity and life free from being governed by what's going on around me.
So if I want to see God on display in my life, maybe I just need to find the places where I have reason to not trust him and do it anyway. In the process I just may step into worship as an identity rather than a set of songs.
