I admit, we love receiving new things from Amazon. Sometimes I think the best part of a thing is the unboxing. But the new things Jesus brings us just keep getting better all the time.
Paul tells the Corinthians
So then, from this point on we won’t recognize people by human standards. Even though we used to know Christ by human standards, that isn’t how we know him now. So then, if anyone is in Christ, that person is part of the new creation. The old things have gone away, and look, new things have arrived! (2 Cor. 5:16-17, CEB)
We humans have a tendency to judge people by human standards. That leads to division and strife—something the Corinthians struggled with, and something we struggle with today. It gets old.
Human nature leads us to this. Christ remakes us, if we let him.
Father, open us to the Holy Spirit to remake us into what you would have us to be. Help us to look on everyone we meet and behold them with the eyes of Jesus. In the name of Christ, Amen.
Peace.