New Year--New Person

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. -- NKJV

As I came across this scripture it reminded me of what was quickly coming upon us. Another new year…another year of new resolutions…new promises to ourselves and to others.

As we go into another year we leave the old year behind us. The mistakes we’ve made are left in the old year while a fresh start is ahead of us. Even if the mistakes we made have to be carried with us into the New Year, we still have the opportunity to turn things around…to make things right or better.
The same thing holds true with our souls in eternity. When we ask Christ into our lives, trust in and live for Him…we become a new creation. The old person we were is left behind us and a fresh start is in front of us. We have become a new creation in Him.

What’s so amazing is that we as humans put things behind us and think we are going to never bring them up again. But in reality we know that will not happen. We every now and then turn back to what we said we would never remember. But Christ doesn’t do that. When we ask Him into our lives, He puts our sins behind Him…as far as the east is from the west…to never remember them again. See, we are new creations. New creations in Him. Before we became Christians, we were of the world, living in and for the world. Christ doesn’t remember all we did in that time. We on the other hand, will still let them come back. That’s Satan working and trying to get us to believe other than what God promises us. That’s another blog for another time.

I will ask anyone reading this that if you have never asked Christ into your life as your personal Savior, please do so now. Please start the New Year as a New Person.