A NEW CREATION

A NEW CREATION

 Read Acts 9:10-22

If anyone is in Christ, the

new creation has come.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Early in my work life I had a coworker who seemed to delight in using God’s name as a profanity.  He mercilessly taunted Christians who were new to their faith or who tried to talk with him about Jesus.  On the day I left that job to move to another community and a new place of employment, I remember thinking that this man would never become a follower of Jesus.

Two years later I visited my old workplace.  He was still there, but never have I witnessed such a dramatic change in a person!  This man, so antagonistic to faith, was now a walking, talking example of what it means to be a “new creation” in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17).  And now, more than 30 years later, he’s still telling others how Jesus “met him where he was-sin and all.”

It occurs to me that the early Christians must have seen something similar in Paul, their fiery persecutor-a riveting example of what it means to become a new creation (Acts 9:1-22).  What great hope both of these lives are to those who think themselves beyond redemption!

Jesus sought Paul and my former coworker-ams me.  And He continues to day to reach the “unreachable” and model for us just how we can reach people too.  RANDY KILGORE

Lord, I want to learn to reach out to others and share Your love and forgiveness.  Teach me and help me to step out in both faith and trust.

No one is beyond the reach of God.

INSIGHT

A true encounter with Jesus always results in change.  However, this change is not merely stopping negative behavior; true change begins to do positive things.  Saul immediately “began to preach” (v. 20).

J.R. HUDBERG

Have a blessed day.

God Our Creator’s Love Always.

Unity & Peace