What you put your hand to is not your identity, who He says you are is your identity, no matter what your hand may be doing. Many people think their identity is what they do, so if they are not doing what they believe they were created for, they struggle with their identity. On the other hand, because people put their identity in what they do with their hand, when they are no longer doing anything with their hand, they don’t know who they are. Our identity is not what we do with our hand.

I am currently doing things with my hand which look contrary to who I am based on calling. However, my identity does not change. I can clean a chicken coup, oversee a chimney cleaning and go shopping for supplies to set up an AirBnB and it does not change my identity as a mouthpiece and minister of God. I know who I am and whose I am so what I do with my hand has no affect on who I am.

People who have tied their identity to what they do will only do what they believe they are called to do. But Jesus said, “The Son of Man came to serve, not to be served and to give His life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45). Jesus grew up learning the trade of stonemason or carpenter, that is what He did with His hands, but it was not His identity. His identity was Son of God; Savior of the world. Because He knew who He was, what He did, did not diminish who He was and He could serve anyone and do anything His hand found to do.

Church, our identity is not in what we do, but in who God says we are. We must separate these two things, identity and what our hand is doing, or we will never be a servant of all, for we will think that is not who I am so that is not what I am supposed to do and we will miss out on so many things God put on our path for us. I am a mouthpiece and minister no matter what my hand is doing, and you are who God says you are, no matter what your hand is doing. Now lets get to work, to serving, for we know who we are.