Isaiah 1 & 2, 2 Corinthians 5: 11-21, Psalm 124
2 Corinthians 5: 17 (ESV)
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
In verse 17 from 2 Corinthians 5, Paul reminds the Church of
Corinth that anyone who believes in Christ has become a new person. The person
they were before is gone, and with their faith in Christ they have become a new
person. Pastor David Guzik from Enduring Word writes “However, being a new
creation doesn’t mean that we are perfect. It means that we are changed and
that we are being changed.”
I know for myself that I often forget that as a person of faith
in Christ, I am a different person. I was born into the faith, so I have very few
memories of not believing in God. Instead, I have memories of trying to forget
God ever existed although it didn’t work seem to work for very long. So for me
to think of myself as a new person, I need to forget that I was a person who
had very little faith in God. I feel that Holy Spirit is training me, challenging
me, to live my life as a person who complete faith in God. Faith that God is
responsible for all things in my life, good and bad. Faith that everything in
my life is from God and that it is all there so I can deepen my relationship with
him. This idea is hard to grasp and will probably take the rest of my lifetime
to understand. I always go back to the question most people ask, “Why did God
allow bad things to happen me?” And I am trying to be okay with the answer that
“all things word for my good.” I feel like the theme in my life is to always
find the light in the darkness of my life, to always look for the positive side,
benefit, in anything that happens to me. This is the new creation that God is
working through me and in me.
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