2 Corinthians 5:17This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
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Yesterday after pre-K, I took Timothy to get a haircut. Our friend Tiger is a barber, and Timothy loves to go to his barber shop. Tiger has a lot of pictures of tigers (go figure). He is also a pilot, and he has a framed photograph of his plane hanging on the wall. Timothy asked “Mr. Tiger” all about flying his plane while he got his haircut. He said to Tiger several times, “You’re gonna cut my hair too long, right?” He meant, “You’re not going to cut off all my hair, are you?”! Tiger assured him that he would leave plenty of hair… and that new hair would grow to replace what had been cut!
Timothy went in the door looking a little shaggy and ragged around the edges, and he emerged neatly trimmed. I looked at him later as he played in the floor, and I could see the soft, round, still-little-boyish edges to his face. But in many ways, he looked like a new person. Out with the old… in with the new!
I don’t know about you, but I always feel a little like a “new person” when I get a haircut. Everything seems crisper and neater…like a “weight” has been lifted. It gives me a mental boost and makes me feel better about myself. And on a much grander scale, this is what happens when we invite Jesus into our heart to be the LORD of our life! But unlike the decision to get a haircut… our salvation is anything but temporary!
Life is filled with choices… none more important than when we choose to follow Jesus. Our salvation is a game changer…it not only makes us feel like a new person – we truly are changed forever! And the cool thing is that the changes are permanent. We may need a “spiritual trim” from time to time, but this is one “makeover” that trumps all others. We never have to go back to our “old life”… we don’t ever have to revisit the sins of our past or wrestle with the mistakes and poor choices we’ve made. We’re done with all of that… or we should be!
A once-every-six-weeks haircut is about as close to a makeover as a 4-year-old comes. But someday, he will be old enough to understand what it means to choose Jesus for himself. Do you understand this choice? Is your old life gone forever? Have you chosen a new life in Christ? Wouldn’t you like to leave your past behind and receive His salvation… to face the promise of Eternity in heaven with Him? Are you living the life of one who has had a “Spiritual makeover?” Isn’t it time you did?
©2013 Debbie Robus
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