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Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself. 1 Corinthians 6:19
If money were no object what kind of house would you have? Would it be a beach home where every evening you could sit on the beach and watch the sunset?
Would it be a cabin in the mountains where you enjoyed wildlife, solitude and scenery on a daily basis?
Let your mind wander. Dream a bit. Dreaming can be good for the soul. Walk through your dream home. This is where you want to spend your time. Enjoy!
Now imagine you are God. What kind of home would you like to live in? When God formed you in your mothers womb he created you to be the man or woman he wanted to live in. The problem is, He couldn’t live in a place that sin had desecrated. His beautiful home was ravaged like a home destroyed by fire.
But when we turn our lives over to Jesus, he doesn’t reconstruct our home, he recreates it!
Through Jesus we are chosen, a new creation, a brand new temple God himself is pleased to enjoy. You are the Father’s dream home.
Of course, He’s not done yet. Even though we are a new creation there’s still some stuff from the old place. Poor choices…greed…lust…worry…anger, you get the idea. But you are new. You are chosen. With all the blemishes you have you are still His creation.
No one else is like you because he only wanted one of you. You are enough. You are chosen. You are His temple (dream home).
He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” Revelation 21:5
Everyone likes to have ‘new things’. We dream of winning the lottery or inheriting a fortune and most of us begin to think of all the ‘new things’ we would buy and ‘new things’ we would do with our new found fortune and power. Money is power!
In reality though, there really is nothing around us that is ‘new’ in the way God talks about ‘newness’. Our idea of new is, in reality, modifications to something that has already existed. There’s nothing really ‘new’ under the sun, as the cliché goes.
God’s view of ‘new-ness’ is vastly different than ours however. When God says He’s going to make something new He isn’t referring to modifications of something that already is. When He created the world there wasn’t something to model it after. It was His own creativity that formed the life we see around us. What a marvelous thought!
That makes the statement John writes down in Revelation even more exciting. From a prophecy standpoint John is telling us that what lies in the future is NEW! It’s nothing we’ve ever seen or experienced before. When you consider the vast love God has for us and when you think of His promise to make all things NEW it should excite you. When someone makes new stuff for those they love they don’t make junk! His promise of ‘new-ness’ makes what we look forward to so much better than we can imagine here on earth, and there is nothing we can compare it to.
But God’s idea of newness didn’t skip from creation to eternity. His newness is available to each of us as well. Paul tells us that through Jesus we are ‘NEW CREATIONS’. When you accepted Jesus as your personal savior He didn’t simply revamp the old you. He made a new one! A nice shiny new you. No past. No failures. No flaws. NEW.
Don’t let past failures or poor decisions keep you from realizing the potential you have to be new in Jesus. Your new-ness isn’t the result of anything you have done or said. It’s all because of God’s great love for you.
PRAYER: Father God. As I think about what it means to be a ‘new creation’ I’m in awe of your love and power. I’m so undeserving of your great love! I fail you and others constantly. I make poor choices and demand my own way. Still, in the face of all this you love me! Thank you for your great love and compassion. Help me from this day forward to live in the newness you have planned for me. Amen.
Mike Fisk & Built with Grace 