Who Am I and What Am I Doing With My Life

In Who Am I and What Am I Doing With My Life, Justin N. Poythress helps you find stability and purpose in Jesus.

In a world that allows you to reinvent yourself—where identity crises happen more frequently—this book offers the solid ground of an identity in Christ. It is unshakeable.

Authentic Self

Poythress defines identity as your sense of self that connects who you are, as shaped by your past, with who you hope to be in the future. He acknowledges that identity can be complex and confusing, but points us to the “master identity” found in the resurrected Christ.

I was most challenged to be my authentic self. This book presents it as a process—that we will spend the rest of our lives growing into this authentic self. To put off the old self and to put on the new, to behold Jesus and move in His direction, is not “faking it”—it is the process of becoming who we truly are.

Refreshing Clarity

I was especially inspired by the idea that we can tell the story of our lives through the redeeming work of Jesus. We are to repeat and internalize that story, much like the Israelites did. Christ is constantly forming our identity, and it is good and right to interpret our story through the lens of the gospel.

Toward the end of the book, he encourages us to see our identity lived out in community—something bigger than ourselves. The Christian church is crucial to understanding who we are and what we should be doing. This book provides refreshing clarity about who you are and what your life is for.

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