Our new reality is a relationship with God that we never had before we accepted Christ into our heart. Like all budding relationships, we need to get to know each other better. We need to get to know God better and we need to discover our new identity in Christ.

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Dwelling on the past will not allow you to discover who God is and who you are in Christ. This relationship is new for you but God has been thru this with every child of adoption. He knows you better than you know yourself. He knows exactly what you need and when best to give that gift.

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

As a child, did you look in the department store window and see that one toy you wanted for Christmas? Then on Christmas morning you unwrapped that appropriate size box only to discover clothes? Your parents knew what you wanted and they knew what you needed. You are not a child anymore so what gift do you desire from God? Here, open it up, and discover it is a robe of righteousness. Don’t be disappointed, you needed that robe more than the worldly item you imagined.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Imagine if you can that you just woke up and you are in a new land, without any idea of how you got there. All that you know is from that dark past you left behind. Did you imagine that past or was it real?

This is the dilemma of the born again. In the Kingdom of God, upon which you have just entered, the old things have passed away and all things are new. It would probably be much easier if upon acceptance of Jesus Christ we were carried away to a new land. But we are not are we?

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

The only reasonable explanation that makes any sense of this verse is that the world didn’t change, you did. I suspect the reason that the expression “passed away” is used is to tell you that who you were before no longer has a hold on you. Since the Word of God is true, then what is it about our past that seems to keep us from discovering who we are in Christ?

Our memories have a strong hold on us.

We have the memories of the past but that is not our new reality. Satan would like to hold your mind on the past and convince you that you have not changed. We have entered the Kingdom of God and in that Spiritual Realm God is Supreme and He is the only One with the Power to enact His will for us in this new relationship.