Change Your Status

Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life burgeons! Look at it! (2 Corinthians 5:17 MSG)

The social network Facebook asks for your status. The objective is to determine your standing in life: married, single, divorced or whatever. This gives the population somewhat of a depiction of who you are or where you are in your life. If your standing changes then you are expected to update your status report. Well, when you are in Christ, you are a new creature, and you have a change of status.

As the apostle shared with the church of Corinth, when a person is connected to Jesus, he/she gets a fresh start and a new lease on life. The old is “gone” and everything is “becoming” new. There are two tenses used in this verse. On the one hand, the old things – old concepts, value systems, priorities, beliefs, loves, and ideas - are gone: simple past tense. Due to positional eradication the old things have lost their power to control and influence. Redemptive thoughts preoccupy the mind and heart instead. The believer can see, hear and perceive from a different (better) lens and process things from an improved mindset. On the other hand, while the old things are simply gone, the new things are yet becoming: future perfect tense. This appears to be associated with progressive sanctification. The believer is on a learning curve, and is constantly discovering new things in God. Upon learning and receiving the new truths the believer can apply them to life such that there is a new display of attitude, behavior and conduct.

It is good to know biblical truth or doctrine. Only then can the believer live life in accordance with the will of God. The truth of God becomes the prevailing thought thereby conquering antithetical thinking that does not line up with God's word and giving the believer strength to fight against pervasive strongholds. It becomes difficult for the enemy or negativity to hold the believer captive. The Christian will look at life’s challenges with hopefulness and determined faith. There will be a certainty that all things will work together for the good to them that love the Lord and are called according to God's purpose (Romans 8:28). You will see valley experiences as opportunities to be reminded that God is with you and that with God you need not fear any evil. Fiery trials will no longer be an effective strategy for destruction, but a way of being purified and developed.

Simply, in God you have new status! You are no longer what or who you used to be. Update your report. View and define yourself the way God does. God sees you as victorious and not as a victim; as prosperous not pitiful and as healthy and not hurting. Go ahead and sing along with Andre Jones and the Sacred Assembly; "My status is changing. The decline has declined. I’m on my way to better days". You Are On Your Way To Better Days. So, change your status.

Prayer: Lord thank you for changing my status, in Jesus’ name. Amen

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+t. anthony bronner