Have you ever had something that was new to you, but old to everyone else? Maybe your first car wasn't the latest model. There was as much rust as paint, and the bucket seat felt like an actual bucket. My brother used to pat his old Buick on the dashboard and say, "come on Betsy you can make it to the house one more time!" She made it two more times, before bursting into flame. This was the car God used to drive Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden!I've wondered sometimes if that's the kind of new life God gave me...
GOD: I give you a new life
ME: But my body feels the same
GOD: Well... it's new to you!
But the word of God promises that even though we are wearing out on the outside, on the inside we are being renewed day by day (2Corinthians 4:16). I think God gave us butterflies to remind us that change into something completely new is gradual, yet possible! The caterpillar already has all the butterfly DNA on the inside before it ever starts to transform outwardly!
Hold on to the promise of new life, and new everything else in Christ! I do think some of that new life can spill over into the body. Look at the saints of old, and how strong they were, though old! Be encouraged with this brief list of just some of the new things you have in Christ!
A NEW HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT!
Ezekiel 36:26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you...
A NEW BIRTH!
1Peter 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
A NEW COVENANT!
Jeremiah 31:31 The time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
A NEW NAME!
Isaiah 62:2, Revelation 2:17
NEW WINE!
Joel 2:23-24; Joel 3:18; Mark 16:17; Acts 2:2:4 (and verse 13)
A NEW SONG!
Isaiah 42:9-12; Psalm 33:3; Psalm 40:3; Psalm 96:1
A NEW ATTITUDE!
Ephesians 4:23;
A NEW SELF!
Colossians 3:10
A NEW TEACHING!
Acts 17:19
A NEW LIFE!
Acts 5:20; Roman 6:4
THE PROMISE OF A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH!!!
Isaiah 65:17; Revelation 21:1-5
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U KNOW I REALLY NEEDED THIS! SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A 90 YR OLD WOMEN STUCK IN THIS 25 YR OLD BODY BUT THIS IS JUST REASSURANCE THAT GOD IS STILL WORKING ON ME AND THAT HE ISNT DONE YET!! JUST HOLD ON AND WAIT HE IS STILL TRANSFORMING ME INTO WHAT HE WANTS ME TO BE!! THANKS 8-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Beth! Hallelujah!
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