getting better…every day and in every way

Wow!

Paul makes a very bold statement that rattles me to the core…my outward self, the me that people see as a result of choices I make isn’t WHO I am or HOW I will end up!!! My existence isn’t wrapped up in my outward self but inner most being.

In this verse Paul is essentially saying: Don’t give up on yourself or your God, don’t lose confidence…trust the process. The flesh, the outward self, the “dead man walking” that is living a life that is focused mainly on self preservation isn’t the end game…in fact quite the opposite is true!

Those areas of your life are being cast aside, they are withering away through and through and right down to the core of tour being and in its place…oh dear one that is the most amazing and transformative part of the story.

God is replacing your self centered flesh with your truest, most authentic soul. God is at work on the very heart of your being dear one…you are being renovated in the most beautifully disruptive way possible and it’s happening with such intensity that God is reversing any damage done by your outward self and recreating you through and through from the inside out!

That is an amazingly powerful truth that should encourage our hearts and energize our being!