So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ: be reconciled to God. For our sake God made the one who knew no sin to be sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:17-21, NRSVue)
So if you are in Christ, you are a new creation.
God makes us different, changes us from thinking only of ourselves to others.
When we notice the people around us who are hurting or being held down, and we want to help, that is God through the Spirit working in and among us.
Live into this new life of outward focus.
