Walk into most teen bedrooms….OR….Grab any household laundry basket, and we are sure to find two things—
Dirty, Smelly Clothing
&
Clothing Turned Inside Out.
Why is it that?
Why do some individuals turn inside out their clothing when they undress, and why do others take off their socks or their t-shirts, and when they do, the clothes are right-side out?
Give the same clothing to another person to wear, and when the clothing is taken off (when finished wearing) that same t-shirt, sock, or jacket, or whatever will now rest in the laundry basket or on the floor from its wearing—-INSIDE OUT!!??
Inside——Out.Inside organs, bones, blood, muscles, tendons, veins, and…..
Outside skin, calluses, nails, lashes, appendages, and…..
TRULY……WE ARE A LIVING, BREATHING CREATION.
TRULY……WE HAVE A GROUP OF INSIDE ORGANS THAT MUST EFFICIENTLY WORK IN ORDER FOR OUR OUTSIDE MAN TO CONTINUE MOVING.
TRULY……WE CANNOT EVER TURN INSIDE OUT OUR BODIES (and who would want us to do that—Really!!)
TRULY, WE NEED BOTH OUR INSIDE BEING AS WELL AS OUR OUTSIDE BODY TO LIVE.
So, today, we ask the question….

***If the inside being is necessary to live &

***If the outside man is necessary to house all the moving parts into one body……Then where does our SOUL reside?

When we consider the WHERE, then let us also consider this question….What does it mean for our soul to be born again?

The band Unspoken sings a beautiful melody that answers these questions.Maybe today we can listen to their melody “Already Won.”
As a living, breathing human being, we strive to do so much within the brief time we are gifted to live upon this earth.  It is so true that once we die, there is an afterlife,……a whole LIFE…..AFTER, a whole, eternity AFTER THIS LIFE.
What will we choose to do with this afterlife we are promised?   Truly, that question must be answered before we leave this first life.
God Gives each person a choice.We can seek Him….OR….We cannot.
We can be Born Again….OR….We can choose to ignore God’s Holy Spirit seeking to save our inner man, our inner soul.
It’s a serious question (the most important & the only question) & The most crucial decision every person must make during this life.
WHAT WILL I DO WITH JESUS?……BELIEVE…..OR……NOT BELIEVE. 
Every man, woman, boy, and girl Is CHOSEN from conception, & every being God creates has an innate desire to know God.   So, the decision resides with us…..IF WE WILL…….Know Him Personally. God seeks all.God desires to leave no one behind.God created heaven for His creation……BUT

We Must CHOOSE TO BELIEVE GOD.

We Must CHOOSE TO ACCEPT HIS GIFT OF SALVATION. &

We Must CHOOSE TO RECEIVE GOD’S AMAZING GIFT of SALVATION!!

Earlier, when we began this writing, we speculated why some people discard clothing inside out while others discard their day’s clothing right side out.  Would we not all agree that the answer to this clothing question is—–They Choose To Discard A Certain Way—–Just as each of us CHOOSE to place our clothes within a laundry basket or upon the floor.   We each wear clothing to conceal the outside body from the world (and we would be so embarrassed if we did not)  AND   We each wear a skin that keeps the inner body contained, protected, and hopefully working as it should because the opposite may lead to an earlier demise than we hoped. 
So, maybe you are reading today, and wondering what all this talk about…….CLOTHING…&…SKIN…&…INNER MAN…&…OUTER MAN HAS TO DO WITH GOD.
The Apostle Paul was inspired by God to write these words to the people living in the city of Corinth.
“Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.
For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all compassion,
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen;  for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal”   (2 Corinthians 4: 16-18).
When we are born again (through God), we are radically changed from the inside out.
When we choose to accept God’s eternal salvation, we are made alive….from the Inside—Out—-through God’s Holy Spirit. 
When we ask God to save our soul, to become our LORD, we begin a journey of walking in obedience to God through His Word.
When we become God’s child, then others will know and see this newness in us because our lifestyle will reflect this truth.
CHOSEN.
FORGIVEN.
SEATED AT GOD’S ETERNAL TABLE.
REDEEMED.
SAVED.
A CHILD of GOD.
WHEN WE CHOOSE TO ACCEPT GOD,     
&
WHEN WE CHOOSE TO BELIEVE GOD,    
&
WHEN WE CHOOSE TO CONFESS OUR SINS AND CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS OUR LORD……..THEN TRULY WE HAVE ALREADY WON.
So, today…..
Maybe we have messed up so badly in our past.
Maybe we have made some terrible decisions.
Maybe we have treated others so horribly bad.
We may have even treated our own bodies in terrible ways.  &
We may have gone places we should never have gone.  OR
We may have said things that should not have been said,  OR
We may have thought things we should not have thought,  OR
We may have done a host of other sinful things.
God knows us, AND
God still chooses to love us, to want us, to seek our soul…..our inner man……anyway.
Let us be radically changed by God’s Holy Spirit today!!!
Let us be radically turned inside—out today by Him.
Let us allow God to have us…..Just as we are…..And
Let us allow God to create a miracle within our inner man as God gives us a “glory far beyond all compassion,…  (verse 17).
Yes.  Let Us Today.