BORN OF GOD

 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:12-13

Born of God – take a few moments to really think about these three words.

This phrase is just incredible! If you have been a believer for a number a year’s you might have grown numb to the fact that you have been born of God; you have been birthed into the spiritual reality of the Kingdom of God and you carry his DNA! WOW!

We’ve all experienced birth into our natural family. We each possess the genes and traits of our parents. I can’t tell you how many times people tell me, “You look just like your Dad” or “I can’t tell yours and your mom’s voice apart.” I definitely have my parent’s genes and traits.  When I was first born you couldn’t really see the full resemblance. The fullness of my genetic inheritance on the inside wasn’t displayed yet. But as time passed and I grew up I really began to bear their resemblance.

In the same way I was birthed into my natural family and I contain the DNA of my parents, as a Christian, I am also born of God and share His DNA. The fullness of that reality didn’t manifest at three years old when I asked Jesus to be Lord of my life at that church altar in Sacramento, CA, but over time as I grew and actively engaged in the life of God within me, the reality began to grow and I eventually began to look and act like Him.

1 John 3:9 declares that the very seed of God remains in us. This seed contains the fullness of God! The day we said yes to Jesus, God placed this seed in us and birthed His very Spirit inside of us! 

The apostle John didn’t see this subject of being “Born of God” as something that a person moves on from. He understood it as the foundation to everything in our Christian walk.

God dwells in us human vessels. This means that the power to overcome, to bring breakthrough and transformation in your life, marriage and family resides in you!

Don’t just say, “Praise God, I’m saved and am going to heaven.” There’s more! Access and partake of this life that has been given to you!

Declaration to Life: “I am a Christ follower! I am born of God! I have God my Fathers DNA in me. That means as I grow in my Christian life the more I will look and walk like my Father. His life, mind, heart, longings and dreams are inside of me. I will partake of them!”