This week as we think about the new year, we may consider trying to change the way we do certain things.

Many folks will make new year resolutions to lose weight or quit smoking or start exercising. We think about all the new things we will acquire or the new things we will experience in the days ahead.

Part of living is to experience things that are new. All of the things we experience in our life, however, are minor in comparison to the new things we can have and be in Jesus Christ.

II Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

When we ask Jesus Christ, by faith, to forgive us of our sins and to save our soul, we become this new creature. He gives us a new desire, a new purpose, and a new home in heaven prepared specifically for us. When we turn from our sin, He rewards us with a peace and hope that cannot be comprehended by those who have never trusted Him.

As we end one year and begin another, let us look to the only one who can make all things new. If you have never trusted Christ, the Bible says, “behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”

Begin a new year by making everything new. If you already know Christ as your savior, take this opportunity to thank Him for making you a new creature and look forward to all of the new things He will lead you to and through in the coming year. God bless as you follow Him.

Pastor David Powell
Carrollton Baptist Temple