A Whole New World

I’ve finally entered the world of the “Mac!”  As my Dell laptop began to give up the ghost, it was decided that I should get a MacBook Pro.  So, after years of living in a PC world, I’ve now entered a whole new world—one I’m finding exciting and confusing at the same time. 

For one, the way one moves back and forth through windows with strokes of the finger on the pad can be fun until I can’t get to the window I actually want.  I was amazed that, when using the Apple email function, if I begin to type an email in Spanish the computer actually recognizes that it is Spanish (and not English), corrects my spelling errors and even adds the necessary accents. At first, however I wasn’t quite sure what was going on.  The overall feel of the computer is easy and smooth, yet I find myself frustrated when I can’t figure out how to find something or how to do a simple function—not because it is so hard to do on the Mac, but because I was so used to doing it a different way.  Obviously, I’m going through a bit of a learning curve.   It feels like it is a whole new world!

Like moving from a PC to a Mac, becoming a follower of Jesus Christ means entering a new world (and even more so!).  Of course certain aspects of one’s life might remain the same—job, family, even one’s basic personality.  Yet, so much is different.  With Jesus at work in our lives, we begin to take on a new way of thinking; a new way of handling our relationships; a different way of working through the challenges of life.  We could say it’s a new way of processing through the “windows” of life.

This new world and its new way of life are summed up for us in Paul’s words to the Ephesians: “You were taught with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self…to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.” (Ephesians 4:22-23 – NIV)

Through Jesus we have been given new life!  Through faith in him, who we are and how we live has radically changed.  Now it’s up to us to live our lives according to the new life Jesus has made available to us.

Let’s live as Jesus has called us to live.  Let’ live like it’s a whole new world!

Have a great day!

Pastor Tim Harris