I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.—Galatians 2:20 (NKJV)
Heavenly Father,
Help me remember that the old me has been crucified with Christ—that the old me is dead and I don’t need to go trying to resurrect him!
Help me to let what has
died be dead—that is my old nature—so that, by faith, Christ may be made fully
alive in the life that I now live in the flesh.
Show me that just like dead
people are no longer anxious, no longer get worried, no longer can be insulted,
hurt or offended by others, I, too, should not allow anything of these things to
bother me—if I am truly crucified with Christ.
When the old me wants tries
to raise its ugly head and cause me to be held captive by my past or by the
uncertainty over things yet to come, or to lust after the things of this world,
remind me that I live by faith in the One who lives in me—that my life, my joy
and my peace is found in Christ alone.
Don’t allow me to forget
that Christ cannot be made fully alive in me when I continue to go back and try to
revive my old self—when I forget that I was bought with a very high price and the
life that I now live is not mine to live, but His.
Help me remember that the old me has been crucified with Christ—that the old me is dead and I don’t need to go trying to resurrect him!
In the name of Jesus,
Amen.
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