The Good Life

You know you’ve lived a long time when you can confidently say “back in the day.”  Among other things, just think how communication has changed: no more telephone party lines or rotary telephones or dialing zero for an operator or calling collect.  Good or bad, those things are of days-gone-by.  Oh my, how things have changed!

 

It’s been said change is the only constant thing in life, and perhaps that’s right.  Admittedly, I don’t do change very well. There’s serious doubt some of us would do well if we had to cook on an open fire or saddle a horse for work each morning.  Change, of course, can be a good thing.  God made it possible through Jesus that man can live a changed life: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” (2 Corinthians 5:17).  Note the words “new creation” – not a makeover or refurbish, but new!  Just like our English word, the Greek word for new means fresh, recent, unworn, unprecedented, of a new kind.  The New Life has a new look-and-feel; the New Life is a Changed Life.  It bears the Fruit of God’s Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control (Galatians 5:22-23).  I’ve heard people say the days-gone-by were the good life.  Maybe so – I’m not so sure – but of one thing I am sure: there is a huge difference in living the good life and living the Changed Life.  For those who know Christ and His Fullness know the Changed Life IS the Good Life.  His Fruits in His Children leave a savory fragrance everywhere they go.  Are you living the Changed Life?  If so, you are definitely living the Good Life!