FOR YOUR INSPIRATION
The Cost of a New Tag
by Chizoba Anyimukwu
A
lmost a year ago, I moved between
states so I had to get a new license
plate. On my way home after I got
my license plate changed, the Holy
Spirit spoke to my heart. Did you realize
what just happened? You drove here with a
different license plate and you are heading
home with not just a different one but a new
one. But wait it cost me something right?
Yes, but I was able to take off the invalid
one and replaced it with something new and
valid. I was like wow! My friends will not
be able to tell it is my car unless they see me
inside. But well, the more I drive my car the
more my friends realize that I have changed
8 HimPower July 2018
my license plate. That is exactly what hap-
pens when we give our life to Christ. The
old person we once were becomes changed
to a new person. The Bible says in 2 Cor-
inthians 5:17 (KJV), “Therefore if any man
be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things
are passed away; behold, all things are become
new”. In addition to this, the more we study
His word and make a conscious, intentional
effort to be more like Christ, people will
begin to see the fruit we produce. In 2 Tim-
othy 2:15, we are being reminded “Be dili-
gent to present yourself approved to God, a
worker who does not need to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth”.