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This is the simplest question a person could ever ask you. You can easily give them your name, but I have come to a deeper meaning of the question. As I was growing up in my childhood days, I always had this question on mind. And it kept me worried all times when I ask myself who am I? I would look at my hands, my body in the mirror.

I grew up in a family of Christians. I knew about God and I was brought up by the word of God. I understood that there are some parts of the body that form this structure called human, the hands, head, and feet. And I always asked myself, if this is my body, my feet, my hands, then who am I? I wanted to know more than just my name. More than just this body, I wanted to know and understand the real me. The person beyond all that I could see. I had not yet given my life to Christ at that time. Well I couldn't get an answer to my question, and I never asked anyone about it. So I got no answer to it.

When I accepted Jesus as the Lord in my life and as I grew in knowing Him. Things began to be more clear. The scripture began to make sense to me as I read the Bible. I finally figured out the answer to my question through the word of God. (1John 1:1-3) "in the beginning was the word, the word was with God and the word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through, and nothing was created except through him."

This scripture reveals how everything was created. Verse 3 says nothing was created except through him. God spoke the word and said let there be, and it was. We find how God did that in Genesis1 God created everything by just speaking the word, "Let there be". When He was to create man He then said in verse 26: "Let us make man in our own image". This shows that humans are different to all other creatures, because they are created in God's image. The word "image" means "reflection". If you want to see an image of yourself you will stand in front of a mirror and look at the reflection of you. So God created humans as His own reflection.

Who is God then? The bible said in John1 the word was with God and the word was God. So if this is so, then how is it possible that God can look like me? Does this mean as I look at myself I see the word? Well of course you can't see the word. But let me reveal this for you. When God was making man, the process changed. He never spoke the word anymore. (Genesis 2:7) "Then He breathed the breath of life into the man's nostrils, and the man became a living person." You see t en the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath this time God took His time and built the body from the dust, and when He was finished a man was not yet alive. He was just the body lying on the ground with no use. But here is the wonderful part of this process, "He breathed the breath of life into the man's nostrils, and the man became a living person."

This is to show us that without breath a body is nothing, it's dead. God put life INTO the body. The body is just the house or the temple where this breath lives. Somehow it's coming clear that who am I. I am the breath; I am the spirit inside this body.

(1Corinthians 6:19) "Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You are not your own." My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Remember what God said: "let us make man in our own image." so this tells me that I am the spirit, the spirit of God.

(John 4:24) "God is a Spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." You can't see the spirit, so God knew that He can't just let his spirit to just wonder in the air. So He had to make room for it which is the body in this case. So the answer here is that I am not the body that can be seen, but I am the spirit that is kept in the body. I am more than just the outward appearance, I am the spirit of God, and I am the reflection of God for I am made by the image of God. I represent God on earth; I am god to all other creatures on earth.