A New Man, Renewed

Colossians 3:10 "And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:"
What a wonderful thing it would seem, that after Jesus Christ made you a new creature at the moment of salvation, that there should be no more work to the Christian life. Alas, if you are saved, you know that is not the case at all. Far from perfect, we have a life's long work of becoming more and more conformed to the image of our Savior! Even the new man needs to be renewed. A new man needs a new suit of clothes; but it will not do to put on the new clothes only one time forever. How dirty one's clothes become during the course of a day! Most Africans own only a few articles of clothes, and wash only once a week at best. You can imagine how wonderful they smell by the end of the week, wearing clothes for many days straight without washing! If Sunday is the only day of renewing that we have for our mind and conforming to the image of Christ, I wonder how awful we must smell to God between our trips to the altar. How much dirt of the world has clung to you while out and about today, and must it wait until Sunday to be cleaned? No wonder we have so many stains of sin that just don't seem to ever come out. No wonder we struggle so with some habits of sin that we can never seem to be rid of. Have you taken time for the Spirit of God to renew your mind through the Word of God today? May we take heed to Romans 12:2.