Is there something that you are looking forward to? Is it a vacation? Is it a birthday? Is it a holiday? Is it a new job? How much are you looking forward to it? Does it consume your time? Do you think about it throughout the day? Is there something much better you should look forward to?
We look forward to many things. It could be a birthday, a long-awaited vacation, a new job, a wedding, a graduation, or a family reunion. All of those things are good. They are things we should look forward to. But there is something far better we should look forward to.
We should look forward to the full implementation of the kingdom of God. But many of the people we interact with every day do not. Perhaps you are one of them. We sometimes lose sight of what is most important. There is nothing better than the kingdom of God. However, we may take it for granted or think it is something far into the future.
Some do not look forward to it nor know about it. Jesus says we can only see the kingdom of God if we are born again. For some, that is a scary thought. For others, it is confusing. For those confused, they are not alone. Nicodemus was confused too, and he was Jewish leader. Jesus states we must be born of water and the Spirit. From a human perspective, it may not make sense. Yet, God’s ways are not our ways. We simply need to take it in faith and obey.
I pray we all look forward to the kingdom of God. I pray we listen to Jesus. I pray each one of us choose to be born from above, born of water and Spirit, born again. Look forward to the kingdom of God. Listen to Jesus. Be born again. Be born of water and Spirit. Be born from above.
John 3:3 Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”
Marty Pressey 