“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” – 2 Corinthians 5:17

Anyone who has repented and surrendered to Jesus is a new creation.

• Your life is new.
• Your purposes are new.
• Your past is forgiven.
• Your identity is new.
• You are no longer bound by sin.

But do you feel like a new creation today?

If you clicked on this blog post I would assume that you don’t feel like a new creation in Jesus.

There are seasons in life where we, Jesus-following Christians, don’t feel like a new creation. Our lives feel out of control and our identity doesn’t reflect the name of Jesus. Life can flat out wear us down.

If you are struggling to feel like the new creation you are in Jesus I have two quick thoughts for you today.

Life As A New Creation In Jesus

Being a new creation in Jesus has nothing to do with your feelings and everything to do with the finished work of Jesus. 

Feelings are fickle and fleeting. The stress and pace of our schedules put our emotions through the ringer. To name a few, we constantly feel tired, overwhelmed, happy, and worried – and those emotions can hit you all at once as you sit in traffic trying to start your day!

2 Corinthians 5:17 tells us that the “old is gone and the new has come!” The heavy chains of sin have been broken by Jesus. We are able to fix our eyes on our Savior because of His life, death, and resurrection. If you have repented of your sins and surrendered to Jesus (moment of salvation) then “the new life have come.”

Your identity isn’t based on your feelings. Your identity isn’t based in your success. Your identify isn’t based on anything but Jesus. As a Jesus-follower, you have been made new and whether you are in seasons of rush and seasons of rest. The old you is gone. New life only comes from Jesus.

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Being a new creation in Jesus is marked by daily surrender and pursuit of Jesus. 

Romans 12:1-2 says, “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

Rick Warren said in The Purpose Driven Life, “There is a moment of surrender (salvation), and there is the practice of surrender, which is moment-by-moment and life-long. The problem with a living sacrifice is that it can crawl off the alter, so you may have to resurrender your life fifty times a day.”

Our moment of surrender – our repentance and salvation – isn’t the only surrendering we must do. Romans 12 teaches that our surrender must be daily. Jesus-followers must surrender their intentions, ambitions, plans, brokenness, schedules, and their entire being as a daily reminder that Jesus is in control and that we live a new life in Him.

Don’t misunderstand – you aren’t losing your salvation each day. Instead, you and I need to let go of our old sinful habits take hold of Jesus. Often we don’t feel like a new creation in Jesus because we are practicing the sinful habits of our past.

Living as a new creation begins with the salvific work of Jesus and continues with our daily surrender to His plans for us.

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Now What?

Being a new creation in Jesus involves a moment of surrender and the practice of surrendering. To use church-words it involves our salvation and our sanctification. Both are works of Jesus to give us a new identity and spiritual maturity.

What areas do you need to surrender today? If you have had a moment of surrender to Jesus (salvation) then what must you daily surrender? Is it your pride, unforgiveness, worry, or perhaps it is something else.