Hi all,
Attached
herewith, please find a copy of my latest Daily Light Meditation in rhyme and
metre.
30
years ago, when I went to a prominent Bible School, I was confronted with the
Scripture which Daddy Hagin believed passionately. It was; 17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new
creation. The old has passed away; behold,
the new has come. 2 Cor 5:17 ESV One
of the topics we learned was what was called, “New Creation Realities”. For
someone who was primarily a Methodist, it was “revelatory”.
I
remember sitting there for a couple of evenings amazed by what I had never
understood. Not that I understand it 30 years later. I doubt if anyone has
unpacked this Scripture fully. We used to sing a chorus entitled, “I’m a new
creation, I’m a brand new man.” It continued, “Old things have passed away”. Of
course, what we were singing in the services was 2 Cor 5:17. It concluded with
the words, “I’m a new creation; I’m a brand new man”. The words were easy
enough. But how to put it into effect was a bit beyond most of us. Well, it was
for me anyway.
The
problem for me at the time is that although I knew I was a new creation, I felt
as though I was still living in the old one. A number of us felt much the same,
but said very little because we thought it would reflect badly on what we were
being taught!
Today’s
Scriptures remind me vividly of those days. They were wonderful and very
exciting days. So much to understand; so much to learn. But the reality of the
new creation still burns in me and sets my heart on fire. So our meditation
today looks at the Scriptures and takes us on a journey from the times we are
living in to God’s New Creation. Not just you and me. It’s a complete new
creation for which this present universe longs to see.
Blessings
Jim & Phyllida Strickland.
The New Creation
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O Father, what a promise; and
this applies to me!
It’s quite incomprehensible. How
can it ever be?
I’ve struggled with this problem,
since can’t remember when.
My sorrow will be ended; It
won’t plague me again!
The prospect’s so exciting. It surely
makes me scared.
It’s happened unexpectedly; it’s
caught me unprepared.
I know I shouldn’t feel like
this, I have expected trouble.
And Jesus Christ has come along
and pricked this foolish bubble.
It thought I faced this on my
own and couldn’t overcome.
I knew I was a friend of Yours,
but not a closest chum.
And yet the application goes
further than just me.
It seems that all creation has
groaned continuously.
It’s looking for deliverance,
from Adam’s fatal fall.
Creation was affected, and
Satan’s had a ball.
It’s all been warped and twisted,
as though in labour pains.
It’s calling for deliverance,
from mankind’s wicked stains.
This thing is universal. It’s
all within the reach,
Of Satan and his demons, like
flotsam on the beach!
Our bodies are affected. We
aren’t what You first made.
We lost most of our faculties
when Adam disobeyed.
So everything around us is
longing for relief.
We know that it is coming Lord,
but let the time be brief.
Clothe us with brand new bodies
in heaven, earth and sky.
Not what Jesus swallowed up, but
ones that cannot die.
Renew Your old creation. Cause
it to live once more.
Return the life that Satan stole
back in the days of yore.
Make us a new creation with all
sins washed away.
Cleansed by the Blood of Jesus
and with us here to stay;
A place without the sun and
moon; a place of dazzling light,
Where Jesus and his brilliance
is always shining bright!
A place that’s sheltered by Your
throne; where hunger is no more;
And thirst a distant memory of
what we knew before;
Where Jesus is our Shepherd, who
fills our every need
Where every tear is wiped away
and You are Lord indeed.
Where tribulation’s ended and
sin shall reign no more.
Where Father, Son and Holy Ghost
is whom we’ll all adore.
Jim Strickland – Written 21st December 2011
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