Newness in Christ

"Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." Revelation 21:5

I do not know, but it is sometimes as well, when one has been plunged in sorrow or feels ashamed of his past life - after having regretted that which is bygone and repented of it and sorrowed over it - to feel as if he breathed another atmosphere and had started on a fresh career. Having thrown away the old sword, he is now about to see what he can do with the new; having put off an old garment, he is desirous to walk more worthily of his vocation with fresh ones that are provided for him. Perhaps the thoughts of freshness, the fact of new time having dawned on our path, may be a little help to those of us whoa re dull and heavy, and we may be stirred up to action. If not to action, it may awaken earnest hope that the infusion of a new start into our lives, new vigor instead of the old lethargy, new love instead of the old lukewarmness, new zeal instead of the old deathlikeness, new persevering industry for Christ instead of the old idleness may result. God grant that it may be so!

By Charles Spurgeon, taken from "Strengthen My Spirit"