Wednesday Prayer: Already New

Jesus, I confess I've been trying to become what I already am, to achieve what you already accomplished, to earn what you already gave. I've been exhausting myself trying to transform when you already transformed me at conversion. My old self was crucified with you - I need to stop resurrecting it.

Help me live into my new identity instead of trying to create it. Teach me to be who I already am in you - a new creation, dearly loved, fully forgiven, completely accepted. When I sin, help me see it as inconsistent with my identity, not proof that my identity hasn't changed.

I'm not trying to become new; I'm learning to be the new creation you've already made me. Stop me from identifying with my old self that's already dead. Help me identify with Christ in whom I already live. I am new. Help me believe it and live like it.