The Message – “Now we look inside, and what we see
is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The
old life is gone; a new life emerges! Look at it! All this comes from the God
who settled the relationship between us and him and then called us to settle
our relationships with each other.” (2 Corinthians 5:17)
When Paul wrote to the church in Corinth, he spoke to them of becoming a new creation. That when we encounter Jesus, the old is gone and the new has come. However, sometimes I wonder why it takes so long for the this 'new' creation to appear in my life and then I begin to wonder if I there is something wrong with me. I am not sure if you can relate to this at all?
For this reason, I love Eugene Peterson's take on 2 Corinthians 5, where he speaks of how the new life in Christ 'emerges'. And this is when I think of how a butterfly emerges from the Cocoon, slowly. This takes time (anyway from 5 to 21 days apparently).
So, when we allow the Spirit to transform our hearts and lives, let us realise that this takes time - we emerge from our old life, into the new creation of Jesus.
Living in Grace
D3LM3
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