Cheryl and I were listening to the news together recently and heard yet another story about a male who identified as a female so that he could compete in sports against women. You have heard all the insanity in our country. People want to identify as something that they are not, and half the nation seems to want to bend over backwards to accommodate their new self perception.

I told Cheryl that I was going to identify as a T-Rex. I could then go out and kill people and eat them and no one could condemn me for it, because I identified as something that naturally ate people. If that sounds ridiculous, it is because it is.

Simply declaring yourself to be something that you physically are not does not make it a reality. You and I don’t have that power. But God has the power to give us a new identity and He does it.

Romans 4:17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.

God told 99-year-old Abraham that he would have a son. Sounded at the very least unlikely if not impossible. But God can “call things that are not as though they were.” Abraham was not a father, yet God made it a reality by His power.

God can still “call things that are not as though they were.” That includes all those who put their trust in Jesus. Even though you are not righteous, God calls you that for Jesus’ sake. He covers you with His perfection. Your faith in Jesus lays hold of the righteousness He earned for you. That is the only way you can be forgiven for your sins.

Even though I get frustrated at the reports of people trying to identify as something in this world that they physically are not, I also feel compassion for them. I pray for them to find peace in their lives. And I know that is possible if they will seek to find their identity in Christ. All people should strive to find their identity in Christ. He loves you and cares for you and wants only the best for you. He died for you and conquered death for you. When you put your faith in Him, it changes you for the better. It has implications for your life now and for eternity.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!