Becoming What They Need? Or Becoming Who God Made?

Good morning My Ekklesia Family

Have you ever seen a chameleon? It shifts its colors to match whatever environment it’s in. But here’s the truth: it only changes on the outside—its identity never truly shifts on the inside.

Too many of us are spiritually chameleonic. Adapting to fit people's needs. Dimming to avoid their judgment. Bending to earn their love.

Ephesians 2:10 (NLT) says:

“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago.”

Masterpiece in Greek is poiēma—a divine poem, a crafted creation. That means you’re not a random reaction to someone else’s needs. You are God’s intentional answer to a divine assignment.

God never called you to become what people need at the cost of losing who He created you to be. Your calling doesn’t come from the crowd—it comes from the Creator. When you water yourself down to satisfy someone else's thirst, you rob the Kingdom of the boldness it needs to quench a dry and weary world.

Stop apologizing for your anointing.

Stop adjusting your voice to fit a room God called you to shift.

Stop shrinking to make people comfortable in your presence when your presence is proof that God is in the room.

You weren’t called to be liked. You were called to be light.

Lord, I surrender every false version of myself I’ve created to fit in, to feel loved, or to survive. Teach me to walk in bold obedience. Give me holy confidence to stay planted in Your purpose, not pressured by people. Heal the places in me that still feel like I need to perform for acceptance. I am who You say I am. I belong to You. Amen.

If you’ve been reshaping yourself to be enough for people who didn’t die for you—come home to the One who did. His name is Jesus. He doesn’t want the pretend you. He wants the real you. If you're ready to walk in who God made you to be, we invite you to join us at Ekklesia Christian Life Ministries — where identity, purpose, and power are restored in Christ.

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Peace and Blessings,

LoveUmorethanUknow

Pastor Stephän Kirby