Things Have Changed! – Rhapsody Of Realities TeeVo Devotional May 12th

(Walk In The Reality Of Your New Heritage)

TO THE BIBLE: 2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”

LET’S TALK
The Lord Jesus sent us to share the Gospel—the good news! It’s not exactly good news when all you know or hear is “God is going to change things for you”; that’s hope.

The good news is that things have already changed! So stop waiting for a change—it’s done! Hallelujah!

What a profound declaration our theme scripture today is. It says “…if anyone is in the Messiah, he is a new creation. Old things have disappeared, and-look!-all things have become new!” (ISV).

That means you’re no longer the weak hoping to be strong; the Lord Himself is now your strength! (Psalm 27:1).

If you were sickly before, that’s in the past! You’re a new creature in Christ with an incorruptible life that’s sickness-proof.

And it’s not just about your health; your finances changed too. 2 Corinthians 8:9 says, “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.” You’ve been made rich. Glory to God!

What about sin? That’s not your problem anymore. You’ve been justified and called to walk in newness of life: “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4).

When you were born again, the sin nature was supplanted by God’s nature of righteousness. You’re the righteousness of God in Christ. You don’t have to struggle to be free from sin; you’ve been given a sin-free nature.

This is the reality of one who’s born again. You didn’t do anything to achieve any of these; it’s simply the result of what Christ has done, and that’s good news. Hallelujah!

Go Deeper
2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Ephesians 2:4-9

Speak:
I continually walk in the reality of my heritage and identity in Christ. I’m righteous, healthy, prosperous and victorious. I walk in the newness of life, enjoying the fullness of the blessings of Christ.

Daily Bible Reading
ONE YEAR
John 5:31-47, 1 Kings 7-8
TWO YEAR
1 Corinthians 7:25-40, Proverbs 8

Act:
Declare boldly: I am a new creation! My past is gone, my health is whole, my finances are blessed, and I am the righteousness of God in Christ!