Before you can pursue purpose, you must first settle your identity issue. Purpose answers what you are sent to do, but identity answers who you are called to become. Without identity, purpose becomes confusing, exhausting, and often misdirected.
This is why Jesus began His public ministry not with miracles, but with identity. At His baptism, heaven opened and declared, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Before He healed the sick or cast out demons, the identity question was settled. Settle your identity first before you embark on your pursuit of your purpose.
Identity is the spiritual foundation of purpose.
Many people are busy doing, yet deeply unsure of who they are. They chase roles, titles, and approval, hoping that achievement will reveal identity. But identity does not flow from achievement — achievement flows from identity.
Myles Munroe taught that when identity is unclear, people misuse their time, energy, and gifts. Identity is what settles inferiority complex, potential dilemma, approval neediness. The identity discovery leads to self actualisation before all the needs of life. This is why so many are talented but unfulfilled. They are productive yet disconnected from purpose.
My 4D Philosophy, identity is rooted in the spiritual dimension. It is who God says you are before life gives you assignments. When identity is established spiritually, it stabilizes the emotional dimension, sharpens the mental dimension, and disciplines the physical dimension.
Identity determines:
What you tolerate
What you pursue
What you resist
What you become
A person who does not know who they are will borrow identities from culture, pain, comparison, or survival. But a person who knows who they are becomes anchored or unshaken by the whirl winds of this life. You are not easily distracted, offended, or discouraged. You become s self-driven person needing no external encouragement, but when it is provided it is just a bonus to what you already know.
T.D. Jakes once said that the enemy does not fight you for where you are, but for who you are becoming. Identity is therefore not just self-awareness — it is spiritual protection.
Purpose cannot be pursued effectively until identity is embraced fully. When purpose is pursued without fully discovering and understanding identity. You will forever be unfulfilled or feel a vacuum in you.
When you know who you are:
You stop competing with others
You stop rushing seasons
You stop explaining your calling
You begin walking with confidence
Identity gives you permission to grow at God’s pace.
The first key to unlocking and pursuing your purpose is not action — it is revelation. Revelation of who you are in divinity. Revelation of what you carry or potential. Revelation of how you were designed or destined to be. Just like any car driver who knows his vehicle does not compete with the next car moving because they are confident in the kind of vehicle they possess.
You do not pursue purpose to discover identity. You discover identity so you can pursue purpose correctly. When identity is settled, purpose stops being stressful and starts becoming natural.
This is the first key!
Blessings!
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