So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once
regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 2nd Corinthians 5 16. Where Jesus
is, you already are. And where you are, He is. You do not have to be bound by or
defined by or limited by any of your circumstances today. Nothing is keeping
you from Christ. You are in Christ in every circumstance. His death and
resurrection was not about giving you a ticket to heaven so you could live with
Him one day eventually after you somehow survived through all the hellish
circumstances here on earth. No. It was about giving you Himself so that you
could live one with Him now and it could be on earth as it is in heaven. When you
practice walking in your identity as a new creation, you're not trying and
striving really hard to become something you're not. Instead it looks like this.
You are discovering and being who you've already become because of who Christ
already is in you. That's your new view. You no longer see yourself from a
worldly point of view. You see yourself from His point of view. Think about what
happened when Jesus lived here on earth and faced the circumstances that we face
in our life. He experienced temptation and loss and grief and betrayal and He
came face to face with sickness and conflict and religious and political
manipulation and control and never once did He let those circumstances change
His mind about what was true about Him. Instead what would happen is what was
true about Him would change the circumstances and it's the same for you
today. As He is, so are you in this world.