Have you ever wished you could push the “reset” button on your life? Probably all of us have had that thought after a major failure. If you’ve ever felt that way, I have some awesome news for you! God already hit the reset button and you can celebrate it this Easter!
It pleased God to reset who you were by crucifying you and burying you with Jesus on the cross. He crucified the identity you received from Adam, of being spiritually dead, a sinner, and shameful. (Romans 6:6) Then, it pleased God to bury that messed up you with Jesus when He was buried and He left that person, you didn’t like, in the grave. (Romans 6:3) Good Friday truly is good because Jesus was crucified and buried and so were you!
God was also pleased to hit the reset button when He included you in Jesus’ resurrection. God did not raise a dead Jesus, nor did He raise a messed up you. He resurrected you as a completely different person in your spirit, the place of your true identity. Ephesians 2:4-5. You are now, today, at your core, a child of God, a new creation, the righteousness of God, a saint and more. You are a lot more than you may think and a much better you, than you may think.
It pleased God to give you a new past, a new present and a new future in Him. Your past in Adam was erased and replaced with Jesus’ past. Your future in Adam and of hell was erased and replaced with Jesus’ future and heaven. Your present was replaced with the daily presence of God, in you and of you, with a new pure, pristine, amazing identity in Him.
A man, I once knew, who was addicted to cocaine, started believing in his own resurrection reset and overcame his addiction. How? He realized he wasn’t an addict in Christ but an awesome son of God.
I met another man at a pastors’ conference where I spoke, whose entire future was remade when he realized his past no longer defined him. He placed his faith in Jesus’ past and future defining him. He ended up marrying a fantabulous Christian woman as a result and now, they have three beautiful children.
Don’t let your past be the defining moment of your life. Instead, let Jesus’ resurrection define you as you embrace your resurrection reset! We have much to celebrate.
Believe it! It’s the Gospel!
Live Free in Christ,
Mark Maulding, President and Founder
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