Learning who we are

Bob at In the Clearing writes clearly and succinctly about the process of growing in discipleship:

Here's the point. We who are in Christ are being renewed and reformed, quite shockingly, into the likeness of Christ. And here's the other point. Most of the time, we do not believe it. Oh, we accept it as a theoretical matter, as something that always remains conveniently "spiritual," but not as something that can be experienced in our own bodies and minds. This is how I understand that faith can grow. By a growing faith I do not mean a growth in intensity or passion, but an application of faith to more and more areas of our lives, and in part that means to more and more areas of our own self-identity. Believing, in the midst of the brutal scrum that is life, that God is working in us what he said in his word he would work in us by the Holy Spirit, and walking that out, by faith, in specific areas of our lives.

Amen. I recommend reading Bob's whole post.