New

I once asked a group of teenagers to describe “new” for me – give a mental description. One student’s reply: “New is like a beach with clean, white sand. No one is there – no footprints, no trash – the only marks that will be visible are the ones you now make.”

What a beautiful thought – what a beautiful scene – what a beautiful opportunity! What’s more – this is exactly the opportunity God has placed before each one of us. New Life!

Does this sound inviting to you? Are you in serious need of a change? The opportunity has been provided us by God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:6-8

Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk int newness of life. Romans 6:3-4

What a beautiful thought – what a beautiful scene – what a beautiful opportunity! And it is available to you!

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17

-John Helbig