By Steve Gatena
You just introduced yourself at a networking event.
Name, company, title.
On the drive home, you thought,
Is that really who I am? Or just what I do?
Your job isn’t who you are. It’s what you do.
What you do will always flow from who you are.
That’s the sequence that changes everything: BE → DO → HAVE.
Before the impact comes the identity.
Before the output comes the input.
This isn’t a self-improvement formula. It’s a discipleship one
The fact that you’re asking “who do I want to be?” means you’re already further along than most.
That shift in question is the beginning of the BE.
Here’s your focus for today:
Be before you do. Spend time with Jesus before you spend time on your work today. Let identity precede activity.
Audit your doing. Write down your three biggest current pursuits. Next to each, ask: Is this flowing from who I am in God, or from who I’m trying to prove I am to others?
Build the character, not just the career. Identify one character quality you want to develop this week—patience, integrity, generosity. Name one specific situation today where you can practice it.
Anchor your day in this truth: “He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach” , Mark 3:14
Before Jesus sent anyone, He asked them to be with Him simply.
Start there.
Everything else flows from that one place.
