New Creation December 6, 2007

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! I used to always think that this verse was only for unbelivers who gave their lives to God. It makes sense that way. Putting away the old worldly nature, and living in Christ. Most people who know me well, know that I recently got back from the AWESOME Catalyst retreat, Lost. God totally showed up! And even though I’ve grown up in the church, and on the surface I’ve been living my life as a Christian, God really showed me that I wasn’t living up to his standards in certain areas of my life. I wasn’t living as a new creation. Up at Estes Park at the retreat, I feel like God stripped me down, and showed me how “old” I had let myself become. Every quiet time that I’ve had since then I just feel like this verse has reverberated in my head and in my heart over and over.  I am a new creation.