Tales of a Secret Rockstar

I really love that song "In Christ Alone."
Every time we sing it, I think, "Man, I really needed to hear this song today."

So here's a thought.
I've just been thinking about holiness and other such issues, mostly because I've been having a really difficult time with such issues. But yesterday I was really struck with this fact: Righteousness is a gift. More than that, it is a gift from God himself. I guess that's really what the whole New Testament is about and all, but it just came to me in such a fresh way. I'm having a hard time not making this sound really trite, because really its a huge reality. Probably one of the primary realities of the Christian faith. I guess to me it says that being holy is not something I accomplish, rather it is something already accomplished in me. It is not me transforming myself, but rather letting this righteousness from God, this alien to my flesh, transform me. And this idea of being a new creation does seem so foreign to me sometimes. I identify with the battle of Romans 7. "Clothe yourselves with Christ," Paul says. It's a daily discipline I think, a learned habit. I hope I'm on the right track.