Born Again

Last week, we had a "Happy Birthlife!" party. We were celebrating our newfound lives in Christ. Before our cake, we discussed what it really meant to be "born again." In today's day and age the term "born again" has been used to simply refer to Christians. But... what if it's more?

Being born again is more than the rituals of Baptism and publicly professing your faith. It's about living. In Romans 12:2, Paul urges us to turn away from the ways of the world and be transformed. That transformation is more than just turning away from your old life. Think about what a transformation is -- a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly, for example. It's a complete change from what -- who -- you once were.

That is what being born again means.

If you've ever dealt with babies, you know that as a new life, they are learning everything -- how to talk, how to walk, how to feed themselves, how to dress themselves. There are brand new brains in those heads, absorbing everything around them, incredibly impressionable. And as those children grow older, they make mistakes, and hopefully learn from those mistakes to continue on.

As children of God, I can assuredly tell you that you will make mistakes. Especially if you don't turn to Him for advice and leadership. Just as you runt o your parents for help, you have to learn how to run to Him.

Below is a song by Third Day called "Born Again." In the second verse, they sing that this life is only the beginning. And it is! Don't forget about the riches that God has in store for us when we finally make it home to Him!!