I have recently been reading through the book of Romans and something hit me really hard the other day. I came to a passage that was all too familiar…so much so that I think the power of it has been lost. I was reading Romans 6:4 and it said that we are made to “walk in newness in life.”

Growing up in church I heard these words every time there was a baptism. I heard the pastor say as he baptized a person “Buried with Christ in baptism, raised to walk in newness in life.” I really didn’t think about the words. I definitely didn’t think about the power behind them.

Here’s what really hit me the other day. I long for newness in life…and I think that all of us do. We long for do-overs, second chances, and simply for change to take place in our lives. Why don’t we embrace newess in life? Could it be that a lot of Christians only accept God’s salvation in our eternal destination? There’s so much more to it than that. Christ died to give us newness in all of LIFE. Not just newness after death.

So what is it that you need “newness” in? Christ died to give you newness in your finances. Christ died to give you newness in your relationships. Christ died to give you newness in your mistakes. Walk in newness in life.