New Creation and Reconciliation

Today's full reading: 2 Corinthians 5:11-21

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 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 men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Corinthians 5:17-21 NIV)

The excerpt from today's reading is filled with amazing truth. Take a few minutes to meditate on the following highlights:

1. We are a new creation in Christ.

2. God has reconciled us to himself.

3. God no longer counts our sins against us.

4. The ministry of reconciliation is now ours.

5. We are now Christ's ambassadors.

6. We will become the righteousness of God.

Today, as an act of worship, praise God for his amazing work in our lives and for the life changing truth of his word.