“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Cor 5:17.)
Not sure about you, but I really struggle with applying this to myself. I know not to judge others after the flesh, but when I look in my mirror that is a different story.
My dilemma is that I am looking at a reflection of my own self talk, the whispers of the enemy and the reminders of my failures that I see daily.
I don’t think I am alone in this.
So, what is to be done about judging ourselves according to the flesh. How do we come to believe that we are a new creation, the old is gone?
While the answer is not sometimes easy, it is simple.
Stop looking in that mirror and believing what your natural eyes see.
There is another mirror through which we can see our reflection– the Word of God .
I challenge you to read the first chapter of Ephesians, for starters.
“He has chosen you form the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight” vs 4
“In Him you have redemption …forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that He lavished on you” vs 7-8
“I pray that the eyes or your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you” vs 18
Seeing yourself as God sees you is empowering (the same power that raised Christ from the dead) vs 20
Is it any wonder that the enemy wants us to regard ourselves according to the flesh?
Susan Kewin
~Christ Fellowship