ROMANS 6:4

We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

TO PONDER

I was one of those people who associated the death and resurrection of Jesus with ‘fire insurance’, protection from the fires of hell. Sure, being a Christian meant I had to change, I had to do what it said in the Bible to be a good Christian but if I was honest the ‘new life’ today’s verse mentions didn’t really apply to my life now, it was all about the life after death.

I was in fact missing a major part of the Christian life, the new creation life, the ‘Living Fully’ part of LifeWay’s vision, the promised John 10:10 overflowing life. Jesus died to give us a new life here and now as much as for the after-death life, the gospel message is good news for us now, we don’t have to wait until we die, we can and should live fully here and now because He died for us.

Grace empowers us to live the gospel life today.

PRAYER

Saviour God, I thank you that I am now a new creation, living a new life because of you. I ask you to help me live fully everyday, that when I wake up I would give the day to you and ask you to lead and guide me in everything I do.    Amen.

Today's daily devotion written by Danny Brock, LifeWay Westside