CREATED TO BE LIKE GOD

Ephesians 4:24 NLT Put on your new nature, created to be like God - truly righteous and holy.

Wow! What a thought - created to be like God, transformed into a new creation!😊

Galations 2:20 NLT My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I that live, but Christ in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

God wants us to know, if we’re born again, it’s no longer our old selves who live, but it’s Christ who now lives inside us, living out His life through us, but we have to keep remembering it, so we become more and more like Him.😊

The trouble is, we sometimes forget our old self has been crucified with Christ. Indeed, have we ever seen ourselves that way? When our own selfish nature stands up and wants attention, or wants its own way, we need to remind him he’s dead, he was crucified with Christ, and has no say in the proceedings!😊

Colossians 3:10 NLT Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him. So whenever you put your clothes on remember you’ve put on your new nature as well. Let’s not forget God is supernatural so it follows that we should experience the supernatural too, because we have His supernatural Holy Spirit inside us.😊

It’s all doable, if we realise our old self is dead, and allow the Holy Spirit to lead and guide us. We know some things we watch or read will have to go if they’re not holy and righteous and that’s where our choice kicks in. It’s where surrendering to the Holy Spirit and wanting to do what pleases Him becomes more important to us than pleasing our old dead selves!

Lord, give us the grace each day to allow You to change us to be more and more like You. In Jesus name. Amen.