Tuesday, October 30, 2001
Tuesday, October 30, 2001
So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away,
our inner
nature is being renewed day by day.
Sir Oliver Lodge sat down once to write a new catechism. The first question in his
catechism
was, "What are you?" The second question was, "What then does the fall of man
mean?" Think
about those two questions. What are you? What then does the fall of man mean?
G.K. Chesterton came to these two questions in his whimsical, brilliant way. The first
one, "What
are you?" he answered, "God knows!" Then the second one, "What then does the fall
of man
mean?" Chesterton answered, "It means that whatever I am, I am not myself!"
That is true. None of us in our "fallen" state are ourselves. Our new nature is risen in
Jesus Christ.
(2 Corinthians 4:16
NRSV)
Paul tells us that we have an "old nature," which is ourselves without Christ. But we
also have a
"new nature." That is the person God created us to be. That is the new person we can
become
when Christ resides in our hearts.
God of all creation, open my heart to Jesus and give me a new spirit of your
awesomeness. Amen.
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