I am to renew my mind daily with the washing of water by His word, I am to offer my body a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to my God by giving Him praise and honoring His name among His people and those who are yet to come to Him. I am to conduct myself as His priest, to serve Him in His presence, and to show forth the praises of Him who has called me out of my dark past into His wonderful light. I am to proclaim to a world without hope that I once was nothing and God has made me something to herald, and that now there is a hope in this world. You see, I really am a new creation because now I do not think the same as I did in my past life.
I now know I am the righteousness of God in Christ and that my life is hidden in Him. I still struggle with some of the chains that held me bound in Egypt. We cannot just shed the darkness like a piece of clothing because it remains in us and has to be worked out of us in ways only God knows the process. Once we have come to Christ, Egypt's works can no longer exist in our lives. We were not just slaves of the land, we were slaves to the mentality that ruled the land and the mentality infiltrated our hearts.
Yes, Christ has set us free! Egypt is forever there to remind us that God is not finished with us yet. It keeps us humble and it keeps us holy before His throne. Every time we look in His face we are faced with a Holy God, an all-consuming fire that burns away the chaff that remains in our hearts. He does this because He loves us and we are to yield to His refining fire. For after being tried in the fire, what will stand is the gold that our worship produces a life sold out to Christ.
My goal is to allow God to continue to purge Egypt from my thoughts, my heart, my actions and my mind. I want to remember Egypt as a point of reference so that I may tell of what He has done for me as I now live in my promised land. I want to openly celebrate my freedom in Christ knowing I have nothing to hide. I look forward to celebrating my liberty with others as we celebrate all that Christ has done for us. God is and will always be a God of new beginnings.
You are my rock, my fortress, my strong tower; you do not hide your face from those who seek you. You have never forsaken me; you always remain faithful to those who truly call upon Your name. May I never forget your graciousness towards me My God.
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