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The desire for certainty is the longing to know beyond the possibility of doubt. It’s the desire for knowledge so absolute you possess it on your own. It can never be questioned or reconsidered. In other words, the desire for certainty is the yearning to know something objectively as it is. But the problem with this desire is that you are wanting to know something in a way only God can know! As a creature, your knowledge of things is limited. But God the Creator has no limits on His knowledge. You know some things imperfectly yet truly. But God knows everything perfectly and fully. Your ability to know is dependent, while God’s is independent. What that means is only God can attain the kind of certainty that someone who struggles with assurance might be obsessing over. If you think you can only settle your mind if you know you are saved beyond the shadow of a doubt, then your mind will never be settled. This is actually good news. God did not design you with such an unattainable standard of knowledge. What is attainable to people, however, is knowledgeable trust. It’s a knowledge that is dependent on what God says about His heart toward sinners and sufferers, including you. [The entire] church is full of such people who have to depend on God in the same way.

What are some of the lies that you used to believe about yourself? For me, I thought that if I wasn’t perfect than I was worthless. If I made a mistake, I would beat my self up. If someone criticized me, I took it as an attack on my character instead of acknowledging that it was something that could be fixed. Often times, the thoughts I had about myself were unconscious. It is only now, in…

My Identity in Christ

You are perfected in Christ! Have you ever wondered just exactly what that means? Let me start with saying what it doesn’t mean. It doesn’t mean that God expects you be perfect and act perfectly all the time. That just isn’t possible. It also doesn’t mean that you can use it as an excuse to sin. My story Here’s a little bit about my story. I became a Christian at an young age. However, for…

As a Christian, it is sometimes hard to know who we are and what we were created to do. Click to read Why It’s Important to Know Who We Are in Christ.

As a Christian, it is sometimes hard to know who we are and what we were created to do. That is why I wrote a blog series about our identity in Christ. This post has been written by Brooke Grangard. To learn more about her, please go to the end of the post to read her bio. Thank you, Brooke, for writing this wonderful piece called: Why It’s Important to Know Who We Are in Christ. An…