It's been almost 10 years since I got saved. With a milestone such as that approaching, it has caused me to do some evaluating. It's also caused me to look back and think of the person I was 10 years ago, before I met Christ as my Savior.
I was a very different person.
Unconcerned about those around me, continually seeking approval of my peers and allowing my desires to dictate my actions were just s few of my characteristics. I still had my streak of sarcasm but I also had a very "smart-alek" attitude and all too often came across as rude.
While I was reflecting upon the person I was, a blessed verse came to mind:
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." - 2 Corinthians 5:17
That's when I realized that I can be really truly grateful that I am now a "stranger to self". When I got saved, Christ made me into a new creature. It's only natural for a Christian to become a stranger to themself. If I am doing right, growing in the Lord and allowing him to be the potter and myself to be the clay in His hand, then each day I will be more like Him and less like Amy.
Not a bad goal for each day.
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." Galations 2:20
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