Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.
Colossians 3:10
Jesus, I pause for a moment and think of the love that You shower on me.
Help me focus on You and Your goodness in my life.
Every human is unique, but every human shares parts of the same spiritual journey.
God created humans to experience oneness with Him, with one another, and with creation. At some point, every human chooses to reject God and His design, and something in us breaks. God wants to restore that brokenness in every human—a restoration only made possible by Jesus’ death and resurrection. When you say your big yes to Jesus (see devotion #3), something radical happens in you. Your old, selfish self is remade into a new, loving self.
Part of this transformation is immediate (your big yes), but part of it takes a lifetime of little, everyday yeses as you learn to love, trust, and obey God.
God calls this lifelong process a renewal because He’s restoring His original dream for your life—perfect oneness with Him, with others, and with creation. God wants to reteach you how to love like He loves, how to give like He does, and how to live freely like He does. As you abide in Jesus, God’s Spirit teaches you these things, and you experience the best life you could imagine.
REFLECT:
How have you seen God renew people in your life? How have you experienced God renewing you?
RESPOND:
Thank God for never giving up on anyone, but renewing us to be more like Him and to experience the life He dreams for us. Ask Him to help you abide in Him and learn to trust and obey Him in your everyday life.