By Shephard Victor
The life of Christ is not an upgrade of our old life it is an exchange. It is not about self-adjustment, self-modification, therapy, or the repair of a broken system. The life of Christ is not a refurbished version of who we used to be; it is a completely new life, distinct and divine in essence (lacking nothing).
Many people think that becoming a Christian means improving or polishing the old life to make it more compatible with God’s standards. But the design of the believer’s life is not improvement it is replacement. The old life cannot be renewed, repaired, or reformed. It is meant to be laid down, surrendered, and left behind.
When we came to Christ, we didn’t receive a better version of ourselves; we received the very life of God. Our old life was exchanged for His and these two lives cannot coexist. The life of Christ and the old life of sin are mutually exclusive; one must die for the other to live.
The everlasting life of God is a gift given at the moment we surrender to Him. When we offered up our old life, God gave us the life of His Son in return. That divine life cannot be lost because it is God’s own gift to us. Yet, our willingness to embrace and yield to this new life determines how fully it is expressed through us.
God’s proof of this great exchange is the Holy Spirit the seal of our salvation, the receipt of our redemption. The Holy Spirit is not merely a comforter; He is the navigator and administrator of the new life within us. He reveals, interprets, and empowers the divine operating system that now functions in our being.
Therefore, the believer does not need self-help or self-improvement. What we need is communion a consistent relationship with the Spirit who animates the life of Christ in us. The more we yield to His guidance, the more we manifest the life of God that has already been installed within.
The new life does not need refurbishment; it only needs expression. It is complete. It is holy. It is divine.
It is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
More Blessings!