Saturday, November 05, 2005

 

Daily Success Key, November 4, 2005

GOD CANNOT REWRITE YOUR PAST SO HE PROVIDES YOU A NEW ONE.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”
__________________________
It won’t do us any good to hold on to the past. I come from a past that is worthy to forget. I could sit here and think, “Boy I sure hope that someday old things pass away. I sure hope that someday all things become new for me. Oh, God, please do something for me. Please free me from my past.” But I won’t do that, I will always find out what the scriptures say.
God said, “If anyone is in Christ…” I know I am in Christ. The scripture above says that if I am a believer, old things have passed away; and if something has passed away then it is dead! Our pasts are dead. That old sinful creature that dwelt within is dead. Our old lives can only live if we resurrect them from the dead. The devil cannot resurrect our past. He can scream all day long, but that doesn’t change the fact that God says our past is dead, and He has given us a new one.
When the old self is giving us problems attempting to direct us toward carnality, that is the time to remind ourselves of what God provided for us – our old self was crucified with Christ. And if our old self was crucified with Him, then our old self cannot make us do anything! We must decide today that we are going to embrace the new future God provided. We will then experience the true freedom we have been searching for.
___________________________
CONFESSION
2 Corinthians 5:17
“I am in Christ. I am a new creation. Old things have passed away, and everything has become new.”
His servant,
Dr. Robb Thompson

# posted by Anonymous @ 11:35 AM




<< Home

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?

Subscribe to Posts [Atom]