There are changes in life which come
so gradually we don't always recognize them. As the years progress we
change emotionally and it takes some time to realize we've moved to a point
quite beyond the limitations of early youth. In youth we often feel we
understand things which in truth we have no perspective on. But we grow
from experiences and we gain knowledge as time goes on.
A slow steady change in our ability
to interpret our world also is present in our walk with Christ, but with much
greater impact. We do gain knowledge as we learn God's word and when we
press ever harder in search of God's direction we find ourselves looking at the
world in a much different way. We change - things change within our
spirit and the mind begins to comprehend. The fact is that God's Holy
Spirit is our teacher. Jesus said that God's spirit will lead us
"into all truth." (John 16:13) And what happens is the world
goes continually in one direction while God takes us directly opposite.
The change has come and the blinders are off. It is new life.
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler
of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by
night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God:
for no man can do these miracles that you do, except God be with him." Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly,
I say to you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old?
can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?" Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the
kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the
Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said to you, You must be born again. The wind blows where it wants, and you hear
the sound thereof, but can not tell from where it comes, and where it goes: so
is every one that is born of the Spirit." John 3:1-8
Have a joyful Christmas
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