Fred's Devo: 17:10 Your Old Life is Dead: Christ is Your Real Life Now!

Key Verses:
4Your old life is dead. Your new life, which is your real life—even though invisible to spectators—is with Christ in God. He is your life. Colossians 3:4a

These verses found in Colossians 3: 4-11 come across very clearly in The Message version. Let the word of God speak to you to day.

Christ is your real life:
4bWhen Christ (your real life, remember) shows up again on this earth, you'll show up, too—the real you, the glorious you. Meanwhile, be content with obscurity, like Christ.

Kill off the old way of Death:
5-8And that means killing off everything connected with that way of death: sexual promiscuity, impurity, lust, doing whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it, and grabbing whatever attracts your fancy. That's a life shaped by things and feelings instead of by God. It's because of this kind of thing that God is about to explode in anger. It wasn't long ago that you were doing all that stuff and not knowing any better. But you know better now, so make sure it's all gone for good: bad temper, irritability, meanness, profanity, dirty talk.

Put on some new clothes:
9-11Don't lie to one another. You're done with that old life. It's like a filthy set of ill-fitting clothes you've stripped off and put in the fire. Now you're dressed in a new wardrobe. Every item of your new way of life is custom-made by the Creator, with his label on it. All the old fashions are now obsolete. Words like Jewish and non-Jewish, religious and irreligious, insider and outsider, uncivilized and uncouth, slave and free, mean nothing. From now on everyone is defined by Christ, everyone is included in Christ (Colossians 3:4-11, The Message)

Prayer: Father, help me to wake up everyday with the reality that my old life is dead and that my life is now in Christ. When I am tempted to walk in the flesh, help me to quickly repent and "kill of everything connected with that way of death" Through the power of Jesus Christ! Amen!