Created Anew

[Daily Devotional]

Created Anew 

Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of
your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect,
will of God. Rom. 12:2. 

Christ died on the cross to save the world from perishing in sin. He asks
your cooperation in this work. You are to be His helping hand. With earnest,
unwearying effort you are to seek to save the lost. Remember that it was
your sins that made the cross necessary. When you accepted Christ as your
Saviour you pledged yourself to unite with Him in bearing the cross. For
life and for death you are bound up with Him, a part of the great plan of
redemption. 

The transforming power of Christ's grace molds the one who gives himself to
God's service. Imbued with the Spirit of the Redeemer, he is ready to deny
self, ready to take up the cross, ready to make any sacrifice for the
Master. No longer can he be indifferent to the souls perishing around him.
He is lifted above self-serving. He has been created anew in Christ, and
self-serving has no place in his life. He realizes that every part of his
being belongs to Christ, who has redeemed him from the slavery of sin; that
every moment of his future has been bought with the precious lifeblood of
God's only-begotten Son. 

Have you so deep an appreciation of the sacrifice made on Calvary that you
are willing to make every other interest subordinate to the work of saving
souls? The same intensity of desire to save sinners that marked the life of
the Saviour marks the life of His true follower. The Christian has no desire
to live for self. He delights to consecrate all that he has and is to the
Master's service. He is moved by an inexpressible desire to win souls to
Christ. . . . 

How can I best glorify Him whose I am by creation and by redemption? This is
to be the question that we are to ask ourselves. With anxious solicitude the
one who is truly converted seeks to rescue those who are still in Satan's
power. He refuses to do anything that would hinder him in his work. If he
has children he realizes that his work must begin in his own family. His
children are exceedingly precious to him. Remembering that they are the
younger members of the Lord's family, he strives with all his power to place
them where they will stand on the Lord's side. He has pledged himself to
serve, honor, and obey Christ; and he puts forth patient, untiring effort so
to train his children that they will never be hostile to the Saviour. 

On fathers and mothers, God has placed the responsibility of saving their
children from the power of the enemy. This is their work, a work that they
should on no account neglect. Those parents who have a living connection
with Christ will not rest until they see their children safe in the fold.
They will make this the burden of their life (Testimonies, vol. 7, pp.
9-11). 

>From Lift Him Up - Page 58