“For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.” –Psalm 139:13
Every one of us has a story. And that story is often shaped by our upbringing, our experiences, and the circumstances that surrounded us as we grew. Along the way, voices begin to speak into our lives—parents, teachers, friends, critics, and even painful moments we never asked for. Over time, those voices can start to define how we see ourselves.
But the question we must ask is this: Is it the right story? Who we believe we are is often the result of what others have told us. It’s easy to fall into the mold of who people say we are or who they expect us to be. Rejection, lies, and misplaced expectations have a way of quietly shaping the narrative of our lives. And before we know it, we are living out a story that God never wrote.
Scripture reminds us that who we were before and who we are currently do not always reflect the fullness of who we were called to be: Abraham; Moses; Rahab; David; Esther; Jeremiah; all of the disciples; Mary Magdalene; Paul…these are all people who found new life and a new way of life as they followed God’s plan for them.
Psalm 139:13 tells us that God knit us together in our mother’s womb. That means our lives were not an accident, and our identity was not formed by chance. The One who created us knows us more deeply than anyone else ever could. According to Him, we are fearfully and wonderfully made—designed with intention, value, and purpose.
Jeremiah 29:11 takes it even further: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord. God doesn’t just know where we’ve been—He knows where we’re going. He has plans filled with hope, purpose, and a future that is greater than the labels placed on us by others or even by ourself.
One of our greatest challenge is that we often live out the wrong story. We allow our past, our pain, or the opinions of others to dictate our identity, while God is patiently trying to reveal the truth about who we are. If we truly want to become who God intended us to be, both the narrative and the narrator have to change. We must allow God to rewrite our story and listen for His voice to guide us.
That means rejecting the false stories—“I’m not enough,” “I can’t change,” “This is all I’ll ever be.” And it means embracing God’s story—the story of a Creator who formed us with purpose, who knows our future, and who is still at work in our life today. We were not created to live out a broken narrative. We were created to live out His story—a story marked by hope, redemption, and purpose.
So today, we need to ask ourselves: Whose voice are we listening to? And more importantly—Are we willing to let God rewrite our story? Because the best version of our life begins when we stop believing the wrong narrative and start trusting the Author who created us.
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