What Your Standing Actually Rests On
2 Corinthians 5:17 — "If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: the old has gone, the new is here."
Being in Christ has a dimension that doesn't change based on how you feel about it. Your position before God was established by what Jesus did, and it holds on your best days and your worst ones. Paul's language to the Corinthians is past tense: the old has gone, the new is here. That already happened.
Then there's the experiential side of faith, the felt closeness, the seasons of prayer that open up, the sense that God is near. That part does vary. It grows over time. It has dry stretches and full ones.
The trouble comes when we measure our standing by our experience. A quiet week of prayer isn't a sign that something has been revoked. A season of distance doesn't mean the new creation has been put on hold. Your identity in Christ is more stable than your feelings about it, and that's actually good news.
Being in Christ has a dimension that doesn't change based on how you feel about it. Your position before God was established by what Jesus did, and it holds on your best days and your worst ones. Paul's language to the Corinthians is past tense: the old has gone, the new is here. That already happened.
Then there's the experiential side of faith, the felt closeness, the seasons of prayer that open up, the sense that God is near. That part does vary. It grows over time. It has dry stretches and full ones.
The trouble comes when we measure our standing by our experience. A quiet week of prayer isn't a sign that something has been revoked. A season of distance doesn't mean the new creation has been put on hold. Your identity in Christ is more stable than your feelings about it, and that's actually good news.
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