Made fresh daily
That sign hangs in the window of our local
donut shop. It is a signal to the world that they
are creating anew each day. Each day they start
from scratch rolling out dough, stretching and
forming, frying and baking, and making fresh,
delectable treats each day. Nothing is better
than the smell of a bakery (or donut shop) early
in the morning.
Made Fresh Daily. I love that idea. That each
day is a new batch, a fresh start, a new
opportunity. The old is tossed out… and they
new takes its place.
This is what Paul is writing to the Christians
in Corinth as well. He reminds them that,
through Christ, they are a new creation. God
has made them something completely and
totally new from what they were before. “So
from now on we regard no one from a
worldly point of view. Though we once
regarded Christ in this way, we do so no
longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the
new creation has come: The old has gone, the
new is here! All this is from God, who
reconciled us to himself through Christ and
gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God
was reconciling the world to himself in Christ,
not counting people’s sins against them…” (2
Cor. 5:16-19a).
Today’s sermon is all about being made new.
In Christ, God takes what we were and begins
to make us what he wants us to be. And each
day we are being made new. God is at work in
us, making us into his image. May we
remember that, through Christ, we are
new each day!