“Unless a person submits to this original creation—the ‘wind-hovering-over-the-water’ creation, the invisible moving the visible, a baptism into a new life—it’s not possible to enter God’s kingdom. When you look at a baby, it’s just that: a body you can look at and touch. But the person who takes shape within is formed by something you can’t see and touch—the Spirit—and becomes a living spirit.” (John 3:5-6 MSG)
While some aspects of spiritual living come naturally to me, submission feels awkward. I think I am capable of managing my life and smart enough to make my own choices. Placing trust in an invisible God and submitting everything to Him seems like a dumb idea.
Yet, something about this crazy notion keeps tugging at my soul.
I sense there is something beyond the tangible world that I cannot see and touch. There is an invisible Spirit that animates the visible. Submitting to this original creation--the ‘wind-hovering-over-the-water’ creation, must be the higher path to living in God’s sphere of influence. I could continue operating from my primal nature of managing my own life and pushing my own agenda. Or, I could allow the Spirit within me to take shape and transform me.
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