Devotion

A Second Birth
John 3:6-8 (NIV) Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.

Jesus gifts us with a freedom that supersedes the laws of this world, and it’s what makes it possible for us to rejoice everyday – even as we may endure difficult times. But we are not born into this freedom in the natural sense. It is in our second birth – when we are born of the Spirit - that we can embrace the fullness of spiritual liberty that is ours through Jesus Christ. Is your spirit bound to the rules of a worldly god, or is your spirit free in Christ? When Jesus was being tempted in the wilderness by the devil, He told the devil, “No! The scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” We are stronger in the Spirit than we are in the flesh.  Have you had your second birth? Come to Jesus.