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

One of my favorite days is New Year’s Eve. There just seems to be such anticipation for the opportunities that the New Year will offer. It is a time of reflecting back over the current year with its victories and failures but the year is almost over. A new one is about to begin……a new slate, a new canvas on which to create a new story.

This new beginning is precisely the opportunity that we have as followers of Jesus Christ each and every day. It begins with our entrance into His Kingdom when we accept Jesus as our Savior. It continues each day as we renew our walk with Him day after day. The old things have passed away and all things in my life have become NEW! If, and only if, you are in Christ! To be “in Christ” is to live a life that follows His path, His will, His Word!!!! It is to have a heart for the “way” of Christ. That is when everything becomes New. We leave behind all the ways of our sinful past and become New by His precious blood that was shed for us. His sacrifice on the cross became our way “to the Father”.

It is a starting point to becoming a New creation. A creation whose life is found in Jesus Christ.

Acts 17:28 “for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, “For we are also His offspring”.

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, thank You for this new life I have found in You. Thank You that all the old sinful things of my life are past and all things are new. In Jesus Name. Amen.