Quote of the Day - September 24, 2007
You’ve got to make a conscious choice every day to shed the old - whatever ‘the old’ means for you.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
This couldn’t be more true. This goes along with Scripture; Paul said it this way:
I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
–I Corinthians 15:31
What does he mean by this? Does he mean a physical death? Well, of course not. He means that he dies to himself daily. He allows his wants, his needs, his desires, to become extinct. He “sheds the old” daily. Our habits, fears, anxieties, anger, etc. of the current day must “die” before the next day. It’s a hard thing to do (God knows that I don’t do it), but it’s something that we as Christians must do if we are to be effective for God’s kingdom.
So before you get started today, make sure that you “put off the old man and put on the new”. (It doesn’t necessarily have to apply to new Christians!) God bless!
