Becoming Who God Called Me: Stepping Into the Version He Always Saw
- Dr. Sharon Kelley
- Jan 2
- 3 min read
Becoming Who God Called Me
The Version of You Heaven Has Been Waiting For
A few months ago, someone asked me a simple question:
“Who is the future version of you that God keeps showing you?”
The question stopped me.
Not because I didn’t know — but because I hadn’t allowed myself to fully articulate her.
She was alive in glimpses:
A whisper in prayer.
A tug in worship.
A stirring during quiet moments.
A holy irritation when my life felt smaller than my calling.
Many believers live with a faint image of who they are becoming, but they never fully step into that version.
Not because they lack desire — but because they lack identity permission.
Every step of faith, every act of obedience, is a deliberate move toward Becoming Who God Called Me, aligning my life with the vision He has always had for me
The you God sees is already complete in His mind.
He sees the healed you before you finish healing.
He sees the confident you before you defeat insecurity.
He sees the bold you before you break fear.
He sees the restored you before you recover what was lost.
He sees the purposeful you before you finish becoming.
Heaven is not waiting to discover who you are.
Heaven is waiting for you to agree with who God already declared you to be.
Propelling Point
You are becoming the version of yourself God always knew — the confident, bold, healed, purposeful, spiritually strong, emotionally grounded, fully awakened version. Heaven has already seen her. Now it’s your turn to agree.
Propel Activation
1. Write a description of the future you God has been showing you.
Not the “realistic” you — the heaven-backed you.
2. List the beliefs that current you must let go of to become her.
3. Identify one bold step you will take this week to agree with the future version of yourself.
4. Declare:
“I am becoming who God always saw. I agree with heaven’s version of me. I step boldly into purpose, identity, and confidence.”
Scripture Meditation:
Jeremiah 1:5 (NIV)
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart…”
Identity is not discovered — it is revealed.
God knew you
before life shaped you,
before trauma marked you,
before fear limited you,
before comparison distracted you,
before insecurity silenced you,
before responsibility overloaded you.
Identity is not something you grow into because of life;
it is something you grow back into because of God.
Why It’s Hard to Become the Person God Sees
Many believers struggle because becoming requires:
1. Shedding old identities
Every new level requires a new layer of you.
Before Israel could enter the Promised Land, God had to remove Egypt’s identity from them.
Old identities are stubborn — they cling to memory, emotion, habit, and fear.
2. Trusting God’s vision more than your history
History will always try to argue with destiny.
Your past will always try to negotiate the limits of your future.
Becoming means choosing God’s version of you over the version shaped by people and pain.
3. Walking forward without having all the details
Becoming is a faith walk.
God reveals identity in stages, not snapshots.
He doesn’t show you the full picture — He reveals the next step.
Three Principles to Step Into Who God Always Saw
Principle 1: Identity Emerges in Movement, Not Hesitation
Abraham became a father of nations after he moved.
Peter became a bold preacher after he stepped beyond shame.
Esther became a deliverer after she stepped into her royal assignment.
Becoming is not a moment; it is a motion.
If you wait until you feel ready, you will wait forever.
Identity unfolds when obedience moves.
Principle 2: God Reveals Identity Through Obedience, Not Opinion
People will give you opinions.
God gives you identity.
The world says:
“Be realistic.”
God says:
“Be transformed.”
The world says:
“You’re too much.”
“You’re too late.”
“You missed your moment.”
“You’re not qualified.”
God says:
“I knew you before you knew yourself.”
“I called you before you ever doubted.”
“I appointed you before your first mistake.”
“I am completing the good work in you.”
Principle 3: Becoming Requires Being Willing to Outgrow Seasons
Some seasons are scaffolding — necessary for the build, but not permanent installations.
God will call you out of a role, responsibility, mindset, relationship, or environment once it has completed its purpose.
Many believers stay in expired versions of themselves because shifting feels disloyal.
But becoming who God always saw requires the courage to evolve.
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