Romans 8 and the Spirit’s work in me

I am so thankful for the sovereignty of God and how he continues to use all things, all events, even the times where I really feel like a screw up, to refine and perfect me. Romans 8 lays out this truth nicely.
Rom 8:1 “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
What a relief. I can often hear Satan’s lies, like a whisper, nagging at me… “you’re not good enough”, “who do you think you are”, “give up”. God silences him with one brief truth, “there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus”. Thank God for his grace which frees me.
Rom 8:7-9 “For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you.”
This reminds me that there is a huge difference between who I am in Christ vs who I was without him. It’s not just that my knowledge of him has changed, but internally I am a different person, I have been made new, and all that I lack as a sinful man is being made up through the work of the Spirit as he applies the work of Christ to my heart, changing my attitudes and desires so that I can be holy.
Rom 8:28-30 “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,for those who are called according to his purpose.”
I love to know that through all situations and all events, God is using these to perfect me. He is refining who I am, revealing my sin not so that I feel condemned but so that I can embrace his grace and worship him with a loving and thankful repentance… knowing that the Spirit of God is changing me internally to be like Christ in eternal glorification.
Rom 8:30 “And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.”
This is an absolute statement of God’s sovereign control over this process. I am being glorified…period. While I can get caught up in an emotional response to the changes that I see (or do not see) happening in my life, this reminds me that God’s change is a certain, fixed, process that IS occurring. I am being glorified, despite my feelings of inadequacy, because it’s not up to me.
All of this reminds me of who I am in Christ, it reminds me what my true identity is.