"So don't you see that we don't owe this old do-it-yourself life one red cent? there's nothing in it for us, nothing at all. the best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life. god's Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go!" Romans 8:12-14   ~The Message

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live but Christ lives in me."   
                    Galatians 2:20 


-My beloved...My own! This is the mystery of the grain of wheat fallen to the ground. And just as I laid My life down, I call you to do the same - to give that old self- with its insecurities and fears and lies - a decent burial! You pick up the shovel and dig this grave by filling your mind and your heart with thanksgiving. You cover over that old self by proclamations of praise...declarations of faith in all the promises that have been given to you in this great exchange that was finished once and for all 2000 years ago. Don't even think of putting back on the old grave-clothes of poverty and lack and intimidation...of a sense of not measuring up...not measuring up to what? to who? This is such a blatant lie of the enemy. Comparison and striving to measure up are his language of death. It's easy to spot. When you feel that heavy heart...the yoke of the unfulfilled law start to pull you down, throw that old, dead self in a grave of faith! You have been made totally new. The old law with its judgments and fears of punishment no longer applies to you. All this was nailed to the cross. Your eyes have been opened. You understand this great mystery of death to life...the mystery of a  Love so overpowering that everything about you that was trapped and heading for destruction has been totally rescued and redeemed. You are a new creation. The old is buried along with all the lies that shrouded your mind and heart. The new came the very moment the Spirit of God raised Me from the grave. That same Spirit is at work in you...helping you believe the Good News. I have come that you may have life and have it to the full. So rejoice and sing your songs of freedom at the gravesite of the old, never-to-return you! This is such a mystery. Once you understand it fully, there will be no stopping you from enjoying the bounty of your inheritance. Your Father gave everything for you to be His. Be His then...never again to suffer under your old tyrannical task master. His power has also been nailed to the cross. He has no jurisdiction over you any more ever again! This should make you dance and sing for Joy for the rest of your days! Open your eyes! Look for all the blessings that are yours. You have been set free...given eternal life and all the blessings of Heaven! So rejoice and be glad each and every day!  The Kingdom of Heaven has come to earth in you...in your rescued, redeemed, resurrected self.