Old to New

Ephesians 4:22-24

“You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”

Back in the day (I don’t know when!), when someone murdered someone they had to wear the body around for weeks.  How miserable and disturbing would that be, how embarrassing.

But, for some reason we wear our old self way too much.  When we took salvation we put off our old self.  The Lord has our old body, gave us a new one.  Why do we keep picking it up and wearing it?  For me I wear it because it’s comfortable, familiar and known.  He has called us into NEW, new bodies, new hearts and new minds.  Graham Cook said, “Feel Free to ignore the old self, because you are free!”

Let what is dead BE dead. 

Which self is doing the talking? Old or New?

Be overwhelmed on the possibilities on what the Lord can do.

Take a new nature to life or I like to say a new posture.  He has called us out of old and into new.  It is hard for me to understand sometimes, when the old self creeps back so fast and wants to “be comfortable,”  I am tired of settling to the Jesus that I used to hear about.  I am hungry, thirsty, and wanting more.  I want to feel His presence more, I want to rejoice even in the hard days (which are many), and most of all I want to know Him more.

All the negativity was nailed to the cross, I want to keep it there.

Lord, I pray for the spirit to awaken me, I pray for my sisters to feel the same.  Take my old body and leave it at the cross.  I want what you want.  Take me there, take me to the places you want me to be. I pray that when you take me to the hard places that I remember that you are working for my good.  I pray that I only listen to the Spirits voice, voice of the fruit and not my dead body. I love you and I love my King.  Amen