"The Kind of Person You Become" - Mike Ashcraft | Created to Become, Part 2

Most of us measure our lives based on what we do; we determine our value by what we accomplish. Instead of making a list of everything we need to get done, we must first consider what kind of person we hope to become. As we think of the person we want to become, no one ever responds by saying they hope to be more bitter, angry, jaded, and cynical. Instead, we instinctively rattle off virtues like loving, kind, forgiving, patient, and generous. Our desire to be better isn't random but by design. Our quest to become has the fingerprints of God all over it, revealing our innate desire to bear the image God created us to display. The push we feel to change and become is God-given. Scripture opens up in Genesis 1 with the creation story, reminding us that we are image-bearers. Who we are is rooted in who God is at His core. Our quest to become has the fingerprints of God all over it, revealing our innate desire to bear the image in which we have been created. Who we become matters more than what we do. So, we resist the lure of performance by tending to the depth of our character.