God's Recycling Business
Monday January 29, 2018
Recycling is a way to give new life to things that are used, worn out or just not wanted any more. Each municipality has a list of items that residents are required to recycle. Not only does recycling reduce the garbage in the landfill, but as the recycled items are put through various processes they are re-formed into useful products. For instance: Some plastic food containers are made into laundry detergent containers. Recycled plastic milk jugs are made into cute super-sized plastic toys. One company makes clothes out of coffee grounds. Now that’s amazing!!
As we come out of an extended time in active addiction we may wonder if we’ve thrown away all that was valuable in our life. However, God has plans for us. Through Jesus’ death on the cross, we are washed clean from all that’s been sinful, painful, and destructive in our lives. God then fills us with His Holy Spirit who transforms the way we think and act, so we are people with a different purpose.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! (2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV)
God is in the recycling business – creating something new from what some might see as worthless broken-down vessels. When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, we are rescued from a life of chaos and hopelessness. Through Jesus, we become strengthened new creations who carry out God’s will in the power of the Holy Spirit. The product of God’s process of reclamation is a new life that is full and free.
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation (Colossians 1:21-22 NIV)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, wash me clean from all that has damaged me in the past. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit and remake me into a person You can use to do those things You have planned for me to do. Amen
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