It’s a New Day!

Here we go, into another year on the calendar, and today I want to declare that…

IT’S A NEW DAY!

How new is it? Well, maybe newer than you think. Jesus brought in a new day, and a new and living way.

Jesus is not just a mere footnote in the ongoing story of Adam, as if Adam never ended at all, as if the old man, Adam, somehow survived the cross.

No. We have no connection to Adam, the one whose wages of sin was death, and thank God, that death did come! It came on the cross when the old man was crucified with Christ, the last Adam. The old man is dead. Long live the new creation!

I want to remind us that Jesus made all things new. He is the firstborn from the dead, the firstborn among many brothers, and according to Colossians 1:15, “the firstborn of all creation”.

Our story does not begin with Adam. Our story begins in Christ. He is our alpha and our omega, the beginning and the end. For it is in Him we live and move and have our very being.

“Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world.” – Ephesians 1:4

We are the new creation, and we live in a different day. It’s the day of righteousness.

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

It’s a NEW DAY!

“Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ.” – 2 Corinthians 5:18

It’s a NEW DAY! 

“The Sun of righteousness will arise with healing in His wings.” – Malachi 4:2

It’s a new day, and Jesus was the dawn of this new day. As we begin a new calendar year, let’s go into it with an awareness that Christ, and Christ alone, is our direct and defining relationship. Our identity comes only through Him, and the reality of His truth means that we are worthy of love and glorious life.

Happy New Year!