If you have read about Moses and God meeting with him regarding the Israelites in Egypt, you know that God told Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.  Tell the Israelites, I AM sent you.”  I’ve heard lots of sermons over the years mostly dwelling on the fact that I AM is a present state name.  God is eternal and yet we know Him in the present–today.  We can trust that He is always the same.

I start with this because God is awakening me to my own “I am”.  In II Corinthians 5:17 it says: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new….”  I have had “New Creation” written on the upper part of my prayer list for well over a year now.  Each time I remake the list I always put it there.  I do this to remind myself to pray that I will live like I am suppose to–a new creation.  Yes, I was striving to do this and it was with good intentions.

Most recently God has pointed out a simple, yet profound truth.  He says that one of His names is I AM.  He then pointed out to me that when I accepted Christ into my heart He made me a new creation.  So when I say this I say, “I am a new creation.”  Look at the first two words of this sentence–I am.  This is so simple but for me it is so profound.  I don’t need to be striving any longer for this.  Accepting the truth of it is what I do.

In today’s devotional time I’m reading Psalms.  Psalms 40:6 says to hear and obey God.  When I read this God instantly pointed out that He wanted me to hear His message of a few days ago–“I am a new creation”.  He wants me to hear it and obey it.  Obey for me means believe it once and for all.  So, I am now a firm believer that not only is each one of you who has accepted Christ into your heart a new creation–I am too!  I don’t mean to be trite about this.  I am very serious in replacing my old thinking with God’s healing.