A Brand New Life

There are many people, including people in the church, that are dissatisfied with their lives. Whether it's financially, emotionally, relationally, occupationally, even spiritually; they feel like life is not what they want it to be, let alone what it should be. This is not the will of God. Jesus said that He came that we might have life and life more abundantly (John 10). With this being the case, we should not be discontent and dissatisfied with our lives for the long-haul. Even in the rough times, God is still blessing us (whether you feel like it or not). So why do we go through those bouts of not liking our lives, when God has been so good?

In part, I believe it has to do with the fact that many of us as believers have never tapped into the Brand New Life that God has ordained for us. The life of the believer in Christ is supposed to be a Supernatural Adventure. However, many Christians are stuck in the same cultural rut that most non-believers trod through. Once again, this is not the will of God. The Bible says in the 16th Psalm that in God's Presence there is fulness of joy, and at His Right Hand, pleasures forevermore. Does that sound boring to you? So what's the problem? We haven't grasped our Brand New Life, full of adventure, excitement, joy and peace.

In order to grasp the Brand New Life that God has ordained for us, we must first come to grips with the fact that the Brand New Life in Christ is "otherworldly". In other words, it is not of this world. That's a stop sign for a lot of believers because there're  still too many of us that want to be "accepted" by the world. Wrong saints. The Bible clearly states that God has ordained us to be a "peculiar people" (1Peter 2). You're not going to be a die-hard disciple of Christ and fit in with the world. That's not happening. So if you're willing to compromise the Brand New Life that Jesus secured for you with His Blood because you want people to "like you", then you deem yourself unfit for the Abundant Life that God has ordained for you to experience as a believer in His Son.

The next challenge I think that a lot of believers have that precludes them from experiencing the Brand New Life is "cultural conditioning". There are too many Christians that have "conformed to this world" as opposed to being "transformed by the renewing of their minds" (Romans 12). God's ways are not our ways, and His thoughts are Higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55). Therefore, in order to experience the Brand New Life that God has ordained for you, you've got to learn to think differently. And more than anything else, think like God!

Saints, believe me when I tell you, the times are a changing. Now is not the time to be stuck in secular, carnal thinking that doesn't reflect the mind-set of the Kingdom. Get in the Word, learn to deny yourself, let the Holy Spirit renew you in the spirit of your mind; and in Due Season, you'll experience the Brand New Life that God ordained for you before the foundation of the world.