Did you know New Years to God is everyday. It’s funny because many people wait to clear out and restart on New Years. They wait for New Years to remove junk from their homes and beings. Let me tell you a secret… Everyday through Jesus we get a new slate. God sent his only son on the cross to die for our sins and he beat death. Now, only in Jesus Christ can we have new life. He gives us a restart everyday. We don’t have to wait until January 1st, we can do it right now. Which to me is wayyyy better. I don’t have to wait that long to be free, to be a new creature. It’s crazy because lately Gods been confirming left and right about what Jesus dying on the cross really meant/means. The process of being able to connect to our Father in heaven was tough back then. You see back then people had to sacrifice animals in order to be redeemed. You had to be cleaned in order to meet with God or else you couldn’t. Jesus broke the veil that was between us and God. Now once you accept Jesus as your Lord and savior, that veil you have is removed. That’s why we used to be blind, now through Jesus we can see. Jesus says he is the truth, the way and life. So to know how to live, to know the truth and to live you need to get to Jesus; by believing in him. We are justified through Jesus. If God saw us alone, he would see sin alone. As you know, sin and God don’t connect. But through Jesus, God sees us with another lens; pure and clean human beings. I was talking to my colleague and he was asking me, do you not think Christian’s can have mental health problems? You see this is a sensitive topic, but it’s quite simple. When we have Jesus in our hearts truly, we should no longer be living like the world. When following God, if the word of God says Jesus beat death and sin why are we still receiving it. In Jesus Christ there is power, power to heal, free, redeem, and control. Now of course there are certain things that are not easy and quick to do. But that’s why it’s not you, it’s Christ through you. “ It’s no longer I who live, but Christ who lives within me” Galatians 2:20. That’s why the word of God tells us to die to our flesh everyday. You can’t live like your old self. You must let Jesus renew you through the Holy Spirit, “To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness” Ephesians 4:22-24. Meaning it’s not a one day thing, you can’t change your life in one day; the way people pretend they can do on New Years or the day before. It’s a constant renewing and dying to the flesh. You leave your former lifestyle and receive the living/walk/lifestyle as Jesus Christ. This happens as you get to know This world comes with a lot of flaws and sinful natures. Since some of us haven’t always lived with Jesus, we’ve received certain attributes from the world. But let me tell you something, through Jesus it can be broken. You see God loved us so much that he couldn’t stand anything standing in the way of us getting to him. The way to get to the Father is through believing in his Son; Jesus Christ.
Good news! You can be saved right now… I pray if you are reading this right now, that you receive Jesus as your Lord and savior. I promise it will be the best thing you could ever do in your life. He gives you eternal life, not temporary.
“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
John 11:25-26 NIV