Day 2: Two Little Words
Just two little words
that have the power
to change your identity~
Who you are and who you think you are.
Just two little words
In Christ
Try it~
I am Accepted...in Christ.
So when I don't accept myself &
when others don't accept me
Am I still Accepted?
Have you ever asked yourself that question?
Add those two powerful little words~
In Christ
because
if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
II Corinthians 5:17
Then
whatever I think I am and whatever you think you are
and
whatever others think I am and whatever others think you are
doesn't carry much power~
because
If I am &
If you are
In Christ
we are
Perfectly New
Perfecdtly Forgiven
Perfectly Accepted.
To Receive our new identity
To Believe in our new identity
is the easy part,
but to
Live in our New Identity~
When we don't feel so new
When we don't feel so acceptable
When others don't see us as new~
is hard,
but it
does not change
does not take away
those two little powerful words~
In Christ!
To live out our New Identity
is to
PUT OFF
the old self
that subtlety creeps in
that doesn't make us feel or act so new.
Can the New Self say the words
I am rejected...in Christ?
I am fearful...in Christ?
I am anxious...in Christ?
It is impossible
because
it is a lie.
But oh how often I do that when I am
Forgetting whose I am
and
Forgetting
to
PUT OFF,
not the
In Christ,
but the
Old Self..
"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..."
And to
PUT ON
the New Self
"...to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." Ephesians 4:22–24
so
Who are you...In Christ?
Add those two powerful words
after whatever
statements you say about yourself today
and you will be amazed
to see
how often they don't fit...
But
you can make them fit
the moment
you remember
whose you are.
From old to New
From Rags to Riches~
You are a
New Creation
In Christ.