A former pastor explains why he sold his Cadillac after realizing the car had become part of how he saw himself. He was presenting an inflated image to others, and the possession had started to define him in ways that felt false.
I am what I own. I am my possession. You know, I was a pastor for several years, and at one point in the past, when I was pastoring a church that we had planted, I got a new car. It was a Cadillac. But I started struggling with the impression that that gave and that I was somehow creating an identity for others that wasn't necessarily built in truth, that I wanted them to see me at my possession, and I wanted them to see me elevated in that position when I was driving it around. The more I drove it and the more I kind of looked at myself and thought about, the more I realized, man, this car really isn't who I am for me. This possession was beginning to define me, and I was identifying myself with this possession. So that's just a personal story. It's not that you should or shouldn't have a nice car. It was how that impacted me, how I began to view life in myself.
