Identity Theft
I am convinced evil’s most effective strategy in 2026
is not open rebellion.
It is identity confusion.
Not burning churches.
Not banning Bibles.
Just convincing me to forget who I am.
If I am honest, this is where I have always struggled.
Early on, I learned something useful.
Fitting in is efficient.
Camouflage works.
The chameleon is never the outsider.
So I adapted.
I could read a room fast.
Adjust tone.
Adopt language.
Echo what needed echoing.
It felt mature.
It was survival.
The problem is, if I change often enough,
I eventually don’t recognize the man in the mirror.
Conviction can become flexible.
Character can become situational.
Honesty appears negotiable.
Not because I do not know the truth.
I do.
Because I wanted to belong.
And belonging is powerful currency.
The world keeps handing me identity options.
Success.
Influence.
Allegiance.
Desire.
History.
Pick one.
Build around it.
Defend it.
But Scripture does something offensive.
“In the beginning God created…”
Before I carefully refined my own image.
Before I performed on a stage.
Before I learned how to read and then become the room.
Created.
That means I am defined before I decide.
The enemy does not need to ruin me.
He just needs me to forget.
If I keep blending in long enough, I will eventually disappear.
I do not want to disappear.
God made me before the room ever had an opinion.
He made me to be me.
That is enough.
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