Don’t Search for Yourself in the World, Discover Your Worth in Christ

The world constantly tells us to find ourselves, love ourselves, define ourselves, and build our identity from the inside out.  It pitches self-love as the answer.  But my message is different.  My invitation is to discover your worth and identity in Christ.

Back in 2022, when I first became hungry for the hope I saw other people finding in Jesus, I was trying to learn as much as I could about Him. I was reading, watching sermons, going to classes, joining Bible studies, and doing anything I could to understand what made faith feel so alive for other people.  My mom had often mentioned Joyce Meyer’s messages, so after my mom died, I started listening to Joyce’s sermons as a way of  connecting to her.

I remember hearing one sermon where Joyce kept talking about “knowing who you are in Christ.”  She used the phrase identity in Christ over and over again, and I remember genuinely wondering, What does that even mean?  She was so certain that it was the key to living a life with Him, but I didn’t know what it meant or where I was supposed to find it.  Still, something about it stayed with me, and that question sent me on a journey.

What I thought would be a search for myself became a search for Jesus.

Because the truth is, if I was ever going to understand my identity in Christ, I first needed to know who Christ actually was.  Who was Jesus, really?  What was true about Him?  What was His character like?  Who was He to the world, and who was He to me?

So I became hungry in a new way in that I wanted to know Him.  I wanted to understand who He had always been, even in the years when I had not cared to even know Him.  And that journey lit a fire in me, because the more I came to know Jesus, the more I began to understand what had already been true all along, that He had already been my hope, my covering, my invitation, and my source, long before I had language for any of it.

This is what I wish, scratch that, PRAY more women know.

If you have ever heard the phrase who you are in Christ and wondered what it really means, or where you are even supposed to begin, this is the best way I can describe it: discovering your worth in Jesus is like uncovering a buried treasure that has been hidden in your basement your entire life.  It was always there, but you didn’t know how to access it.  And once you find it, everything can change.

Suddenly, what once felt unsteady starts to become grounded.  There is access to joy, peace, love, security, and belonging that goes far beyond anything the world can offer – trust me I’ve tried!  The most mind-blowing part is that this treasure was there all along… so the question is not whether it exists, the question is whether you are willing to uncover it.

Because while choosing Jesus is the beginning, the deeper work is in digging through everything that has covered that truth over the years.  The treasure has often been buried beneath pain, false beliefs, old wounds, worldly messages, disappointment, striving, shame, and all the things you came to believe about yourself along the way.  The work is in bringing the truth of who Jesus is to the surface of your life and allowing Him to lead you, love you, and show you the way.

This is why discovering your Christian identity matters so much.  I’ve learned it’s not just a nice spiritual phrase.  It changes how you live and the way you interpret your story.  It changes how you carry yourself, how you heal, how you respond to hardship, and even how you see your past.  When you begin to understand your worth in Christ, you stop chasing validation from a world that cannot tell you who you are (because the world’s idea of ‘worth’ is a moving target).  You begin to live from a deeper place of peace, confidence, and security.

And that work is deeply personal to me.

As a women’s health RN for more than twenty years in a busy inner-city hospital, I have stood at the bedside for some of the most beautiful moments in a woman’s life and some of the hardest.  I have witnessed joy, heartbreak, fear, strength, grief, and transformation.  That work has been life changing and powerfully influential in many ways, but I can honestly say that the work of helping women discover their worth in Christ and walk in their true identity is unlike anything else.  It is eternal work that transcends the past, the present, and eternity.   It changes generations and is full of fruit, no investment in yourself can be wiser and lead to a fuller return.

That is part of why I care so much about this message.

So if you have felt drawn to know your identity in Christ but do not know where to begin, I want to encourage you not to keep circling the question alone.  Reach out to someone who gets it.  I’ve walked this journey from unknowing, to curiousity, to living it fully! This is work we can walk through together, because when you begin to uncover your worth in Jesus, it does not only impact your life right now.  It changes the way you see your past, the way you live in the present, and the legacy you leave for the generations after you.

So let me leave you with this:

Is there a treasure in your basement that Jesus is inviting you to uncover?

If so, click the link below to schedule a call with me, and let’s get excited together at what could be possible when you move away from the world’s definition of worthy and you finally discover your worth and identity in Christ.

Thanks for being here!

From your coach, 

LeighAnn

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