Discovery
2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV
(17) Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
To be in a place where all things are new is to be in a place of discovery. Just to step through the door and come upon the first of these new things is to be given the opportunity to be occupied, impressed and fixated on it for some time. This place, though, is full of so many more things waiting to be admired, but to also be used and applied to life.
Christopher Columbus, the great discoverer who sailed the ocean blue in 1492, was looking for a new way to get to Asia, but instead came upon the islands of the Caribbean. His discovery was really just on the outskirts of a great land of opportunity that extended far beyond Columbus’s wildest imaginations. In fact, he died never realizing that his discoveries were something other than the Eastern parts of Asia. His discovery was real, but it was just a step through the door of a place where all things were new. The expanse of what was yet before him would require way more than his lifetime to discover. Also, utilizing what was discovered would in itself be a discovery of an even greater challenge. It would require management and care in order for it to be more than just a possession.
To be in Christ is to be in this place where all things are new, but to step through the door is just the beginning. Day by day there is a continual discovery of each new thing, how it is to be utilized and just how great is its potential in life. At each introduction to these new things, the activator that makes it relevant and powerful in life is worship, where the heart is opened not to just a concept, but to the Giver of that new thing. With awe and adoration each new way is not only observed, but embraced and applied to life in an act of obedience and reverential.
To stop on the outskirts or to mismanage or depreciate any of these new ‘things’ would be to miss out on the greatest opportunity of an eternity. Today there is an atmosphere of worship where the new things in Christ can touch every part of life with a rewarding and liberating discovery.
