“You must be born again.” (John 3:7 NIV)
The day of your birth is easy to remember. One day you were part of your mother; the next day you were part of the world. Spiritual birth is a lot harder to pinpoint. It’s a lot like the stages of waking up in the morning --you notice the light streaming in, know it is time for you to get up, but indulge the urge to pull the covers over your head and snooze for a while longer. The Spirit remains dormant until we are ready to wake up. This is not something that can be forced or controlled.
"This is the crisis we're in: God-light streamed into the world, but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness. They went for the darkness because they were not really interested in pleasing God.” (John 3:19 MSG)
We can remain under the covers of darkness, enwrapped in illusions of control, unconscious of God. Until...something invisible moves within us. What a blessing when the Spirit in us wakes up to the God-light around us! Like a bud slowly blooming in the morning light, we are finally able to reveal our true beauty and essence.
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