Our world is divided, prejudiced and abusive. It desperately needs individuals who see things differently, and we do, the Church. There is a move of God currently across the world where it seems there is an escalation of lives being transformed, renewed, changed upside down and one of the first things that happens is that the person sees their world differently.
“So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.” (2 Corinthians 5 v 16-20)
When a person has been transformed by the power of Christ then their perspective on themselves, others and their world changes, they see things differently.
- They don’t see people as the world sees them, their appearances, their social status and achievements.
- They see people as God sees them, with eyes of possibility, seeing the divine in humanity.
- They see Jesus Christ more than a good man, more than a prophet or miracle-worker, but God in flesh Himself.
- They see Christians as new creatures in Christ. Everything is new.
- They see their past failures not as something that defines them anymore but it is the newness of life that gives them a new identity.
- They see the reconciling work of Christ as the key for a new relationship with God.
- They view reconciliation between people as the outcome of reconciliation with God.
May it be said of you and me, ‘From now on …” Let’s start today.
Missions Paul 