Which Chair Are You In?
"Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me" - Psalm 51:5
You do not have to teach a baby how to be selfish. It just comes naturally. That is because we are all born into the same condition. David said it plainly in Psalm 51. From birth, sin was already part of our story. That is the old chair.
Imagine two chairs in front of you. One is the old chair, the other is new. The old chair is comfortable because it is familiar. It is the life shaped by sin, centered on self, built around doing whatever feels right. This chair chases approval, image, comfort, status, and control. It is the seat most people choose without even thinking. But it is also the place where we stay stuck.
The new chair is not just about a better version of you. It is a whole new you. It is the life led by the Spirit. It is marked by surrender instead of pride, worship instead of image, love instead of self-preservation. In this seat, you no longer define your life by who you were. You live by who Christ is.
Some people try to live between both chairs. One foot in each. They want the peace of Jesus but the perks of their old ways. But you cannot walk forward when you are split like that. At some point, you have to sit down and decide where you really belong.
The Gospel is not about behavior modification. It is about identity transformation. Jesus does not come to patch up your old chair. He invites you to sit in a brand new one. Not because you earned it. But because He paid for it. The old is gone. The new has come. The question is, have you moved chairs?
You do not have to teach a baby how to be selfish. It just comes naturally. That is because we are all born into the same condition. David said it plainly in Psalm 51. From birth, sin was already part of our story. That is the old chair.
Imagine two chairs in front of you. One is the old chair, the other is new. The old chair is comfortable because it is familiar. It is the life shaped by sin, centered on self, built around doing whatever feels right. This chair chases approval, image, comfort, status, and control. It is the seat most people choose without even thinking. But it is also the place where we stay stuck.
The new chair is not just about a better version of you. It is a whole new you. It is the life led by the Spirit. It is marked by surrender instead of pride, worship instead of image, love instead of self-preservation. In this seat, you no longer define your life by who you were. You live by who Christ is.
Some people try to live between both chairs. One foot in each. They want the peace of Jesus but the perks of their old ways. But you cannot walk forward when you are split like that. At some point, you have to sit down and decide where you really belong.
The Gospel is not about behavior modification. It is about identity transformation. Jesus does not come to patch up your old chair. He invites you to sit in a brand new one. Not because you earned it. But because He paid for it. The old is gone. The new has come. The question is, have you moved chairs?
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