Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is a new creation. — Galatians 6:16
The work of God is deep inside our hearts.
A new creation is what we are. Who does the creating? God does. What is the result? The result is you are uniquely you and I am uniquely me; and God, you and I can all celebrate that. While, yes, sin is sin, God does an amazing thing in this verse. He liberates us from cookie-cutter righteousness. Righteous you and righteous I look totally different, just like each of my four kids looks totally different. There’s a family look, yeah, but that’s where the similarity ends.
God is reckless compared to man. People try to get everybody to line up and wear the same "this-is-how-you-should-live" uniform. But God creates us each wildly different than the other, and celebrates it all.
This, by the way, is one reason we can all learn from each other. Each of us reflects something from the Master that isn’t caught quite the same way by anybody else.
Be encouraged!
Dwight
Dwight Clough is the author of four Christian books and is an active member of Lake City Church in Madison. This devotional is also available via email and you may review the archives back to 2002. To contact Dwight or Kim, use their contact form. You may also support their ministry.