There’s a moment when everything changes.
It’s not when you hit your goals.
Not when you finally “feel” successful.
Not when your bank account, platform, or performance says you’ve arrived.
It’s when you finally understand who you are.
I call this the Identity Effect—
a quantum leap in personal growth and spiritual clarity.
Not a slow evolution. A sudden awakening.
Because the moment you embrace your God-given identity, you stop living from pressure and start living from purpose.
You stop reacting to your environment and start responding to your calling.
“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new is here.”
— 2 Corinthians 5:17
But here’s the warning:
Identity is the master key to transformation—and the world knows it.
Which is why culture offers just enough truth to keep you chasing the wrong thing.
Paul saw this happening in the early church:
“After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?”
— Galatians 3:3
When you pursue ident…
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