It seems like everyone in the culture is talking about identity these days. Identity is, at its core, a sense of self that distinguishes us from the people around us and gives clarity to our place in this world. It turns out that a sense of self is meaningful when it meets three, deep-seated, underlying needs for significance, security, and satisfaction. God created us to find those deep identity needs met in a childlike relationship with himself, but our orphan hearts tend to look to people, power, and possessions instead, to our detriment.