The Death That Set Me Free: Discovering Identity in the Unforced Rhythms of Grace

Galatians 2:20

“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. And the life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”

There’s a holy hush in verses like this.

They stop me mid-breath, mid-thought, mid-plan.

I sit in the quiet morning light,

Bible open,

soul open wider,

and I whisper—

What do You mean, Lord?

What are You trying to show me today… about You? About me?

Because these words don’t just teach theology—they invite me into mystery. A mystery that sounds like death…but feels like freedom.

When Paul says, “I’ve been crucified with Christ,” I feel the invitation to let go —

of old ways, old names, old striving.

The world has spent years writing a version of who I am—based on performance, appearance, comparison, even old wounds.

And yet…deep inside, there’s a piece of me—of all of us—that longs to know:

Who am I, really?

Apart from what I’ve done.

Apart from what they’ve said.

Apart from who I’ve tried to be.

This verse holds the answer.

I am not who the world says I am.

I am not even who I thought I had to be.

I’ve been crucified with Christ—and that old identity, the striving self, the one built on fear and approval—has been buried.

And in its place?

Christ lives in me!

He is not just near me, He is in me.

This is the rhythm I long for.

Unforced.

Unshaken.

Unhurried.

A rhythm where faith becomes breath, and love becomes the language of my living.

Where I no longer run ahead in fear or hold back in shame, but walk in step with the One who loved me and gave Himself for me.

This is unity with Christ.

This is identity reimagined—not lost, but found.

🕊 Today, I ask: Jesus, what old identity are You inviting me to release?

What false narrative must be crucified so that I may rise in You?

What would it look like to live in sync with the true me—the one hidden in Christ?

A whispered prayer:

Crucify my need to prove,

Resurrect Your peace in me.

Let my life be evidence of You—not perfectly, but faithfully, in rhythm with grace.

Teach me to live as who I truly am:

Yours.

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