A Really Great Change

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light – Ephesians 5:8

Something happened at the cross which we cannot deny. We were darkness, but now we’re light. Our nature was changed.

An understanding of this simple reality has changed the attitude of many believers towards sin. When we were darkness, it was natural for us to sin and to love sinning. That was our nature. That was the desire of our hearts.

But now that we’re not just in the light, but actually the light of the world, it is no longer natural for us to sin or to love sinning. That is no longer our nature. Now we have a nature that desires to do right. Now we have a desire to please God.

A man says, “The things I used to do, I do them no more.” That may be true, but the great change in your life since you met Christ is not primarily your actions. Its your nature. The change in nature is the great change we celebrate. Of course, this change in nature should be demonstrated in a change in actions as well.

Another man says, “I’ve been born again for some time now, but I still find myself with a longing for the old life.” Well, get out your Bible and learn about the realities of the New Life. When you come to a realization of the will of God for your life and you discover the truth about your new nature, you’ll find out the longing for the old life will go! In its place will be an unquenchable thirst for progress in living the new life.

Walk as a child of the light!

– jide lawal