Thursday, August 7, 2008

On Becoming...

10:17 PM by Christi Bowman

God has done a remarkable transformation in me. He has physically walked with me from darkness into light, and has let me participate in what He is doing in the world. He has already used me, on several occasions, as His instrument. I know what it is like to be high, and there is no better high than God allowing you to participate in His work. You don't need to eat, or sleep, or worry about meeting any physical need when God uses you.

We are more like Jesus than we think. I Peter 1:23-25 (MSG) says:

Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God's living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself! That's why the prophet said,

The old life is a grass life,
its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers;
Grass dries up, flowers droop,
God's Word goes on and on forever.
This is the Word that conceived the new life in you.

When God calls us to die we are re-seeded. Our spirit is CONCEIVED by God. Jesus was conceived by God. Every part of Jesus's life, even His conception, is an example of what happens to us and what we have the power to do in our lifetime.

Ephesians 4:15 we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ."

Our new life is conceived by God, like Jesus, and we are to grow up in every way into Him...into Christ. Those are powerful words. Do they make you stop and think? Do you actually want your life to look like His? It is what you signed up for when you died...or have you? Do you even want to now? Are you glad you did? We are told that the only way to find our life is to loose it. God knows what He created us to be. To have your life look like Jesus's is the only way to be truly happy...everything else will leave you empty and wanting more, because it is not what you are created for. We were not created to live like the world...to look like the world...but too many of us do.

Jesus, our supreme example, said Himself in John 5:30 "By myself I can do nothing." Jesus was powered by God and so are we if we are His. It is what makes His life possible for us. Why aren't we living like this?

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