Lay Aside the Old Human Nature

Readings:
Psalm 33
Ephesians 4:17-24

Focus:
Ephesians 4:22a: "Renouncing your former way of life, you must lay aside the old human nature."

In order to truly please God, and to live life the way he wants us to live it, we must turn away from our old ways. We can't just keep doing things the way we've always done them, and say, "That's just the way I am." We need to set our natural selves aside and take on a spiritual self.

When we please God and live life the way he wants us to live it, not only do we serve God and serve others, making others happier and better off, but we also make ourslves happier as well. All will be much better with us when we are living the way we are designed to live.

God will help us with this if we ask him. He never asks us to do anything that is too hard for us to do. He will help us lay aside the old nature and move into living with a new nature, a better nature.