A NEW LIFE

[Henry Miranda]

As newborns, we are cared for by our parents be­cause we were too young to make
decisions on our own. But there will be a time when we get to the age of reason­ing
(the name given to that period of human life when it is deemed that persons
begin to be morally responsible). This is when we will come to the crossroads
of life. Ev­eryone comes to the crossroads and must choose which road he or she
will take.

 

As we were growing up, we were being programmed to coincide with the world’s
standards. So we do as the world does things, sometimes without even thinking
about it. As we do the things of this world, the world loves us and leads us
along.

 

The world calls out to you and tries to entice you into believing that it has
whatever you need to fulfill your lifestyle. But it’s a false promise that
leads to final de­struction of your very soul. The world is not our friend. It
tries to lure us into itself as does a prostitute, by showing us all that it
has to offer.The world wants to paint an illusion.

We all have a choice in life we can choose which path to follow a selfish,
prideful life thinking and caring only about ourselves, or having a compassion
life caring about others. Mostly it depends on how you were raised. An abusive
life sometimes leads to destruction, but that’s not the case for everybody some
come from abusive background and become lawyer’s doctors or have good vocations.

When we gave way to sin

The world offers enticements to snare you. Let’s compare this with a man fishing
when he catches a fish he puts it on a string and throws the fish back into the
water once the fish is in the water it tries to swim away, but it can’t because
the rope has hold of him. The fish things that it is free until he feels the
rope holding him back from getting away. And we try so hard on our own power to
get away from the world but the world has hold of you. It is only thought
Christ that we can be set free.

The song “Amazing grace” speaks about being blind and then he could see. He didn’t
mean that he was physically blind but spiritual blind. Once he accepted Jesus
his spiritual eyes were open. We see with eyes wide shut when we are lost in
the world. It is not until we come to realize that we need Jesus in our life
and repent of our old ways that we are found in Christ. It becomes a new world
to us when we see though spiritual eyes. A new life when we are in Christ. 

We need to recognize that we are sinners and must ask forgiveness for our old
lifestyles. When we are born into this world, we are born as sinners, because
it’s the inherent nature of man. It was through the sin of disobe­dience from
Adam that we became separated from God; and instead of being a friend to God,
we became enemies to God. The fall of Adam caused us to be born with a sin­ful
nature. Adam condemned the world with the result of one violation.

If we would take the time to fully grasp who God really is and what He expects
from us, and learn to de­light in Him, we would be amazed at how magnificently
He would meet every need in our lives and not only our needs, but the desires
of our hearts as well