Losing Your Identity

I'm sure everyone has seen the commercial for a company specializing in protecting your identity. In this commercial, a man calls attention to a large truck that has a an 9 digit number printed on the side. He begins by pointing to the number and saying, "This is my real SS number. But, I'm not afraid because I am protected." The commercial goes on to identify the company and the services they offer.
They say a person's idenitity is stolen every few seconds. That's a major problem, especially if you happen to find yourself on the receiving end of the theft. As I was watching this commercial it occurred to me that there is a problem in losing our "spiritual identity." It is very important, in fact, crucial, that we know "who we are" in Christ. It is a tragic problem when you lose or begin to lose your physical identity. It's so sad when people, for one reason or another, begin to lose hold on "who" they are. And, it is equally sad when believers lose their spiritual identity. I'm sure Paul was dealing with a "spiritual identity" crisis when he wrote the church ar Rome. "The Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellows heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him."
One of the primary tasks of the Holy Spirit is to make known to us all that we have in Christ. His presence (the Holy Spirit) in our lives is the guarantee that we "are who we are in Christ" and because we belong to Him we stand to inherit everything we have been given in Christ. At the end of the TV commercial, the company boasts by saying that if our identity is stolen, they will pay for getting it back. Our spiritual identity is protected by the Lord Jesus Himself. What greater protection could there be? Jesus said, "I am in the Father; you are in Me and I am in you." Jesus on the outside and Jesus on the inside. Pretty good protection!